genta

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

genta

  1. (medicine, colloquial) Gentamicin.

Anagrams[edit]

Faroese[edit]

Ingálvur av Reyni: Genta (girl), 1986, 80x65 cm

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse genta.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

genta f (genitive singular gentu, plural gentur)

  1. girl
  2. young woman
  3. maid
  4. daughter

Declension[edit]

Declension of genta
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative genta gentan gentur genturnar
accusative gentu gentuna gentur genturnar
dative gentu gentuni gentum gentunum
genitive gentu gentunnar genta gentanna

References[edit]

  1. ^ Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages) (in English), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 116

Indonesian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Malay genta (bell), from Sanskrit घण्टा (ghaṇṭā, bell). Compare Hindi घंटा (ghaṇṭā) / Urdu گَھنْٹَہ (ghanṭa) and Punjabi گَھنْٹا (ghanṭā) / ਘੰਟਾ (ghaṇṭā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡənta/
  • Hyphenation: gên‧ta

Noun[edit]

gênta

  1. bell
    Synonyms: bel, lonceng

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

genta f (genitive gentu)

  1. girl, lass

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: genta
  • Faroese: genta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gjenta, gjente, jente; (dialectal) ginte
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jente
  • Swedish: jänta; (dialectal) jent
  • Helsingian: genta

References[edit]

  • genta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press