giniúint
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish genemain f (“coming into existence, birth; generative power; growth, production; race, progeny”), verbal noun of gainithir (modern gin).
Noun[edit]
giniúint f (genitive singular giniúna, nominative plural giniúintí)
- verbal noun of gin
- procreation; conception; birth
- (literary) progeny, breed
Declension[edit]
Declension of giniúint
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
- baill ghiniúna m pl (“reproductive organs, genitals”)
- giniúint Ádhaimh f (“Adam's seed”)
- Giniúint Chríost f (“Christ's Nativity”)
- giniúint i bpráta f (“sprouting, sprout, in potato”)
- Giniúint Mhuire gan Smál f (“the Immaculate Conception”)
- giniúint síl f (“germination of seed”)
- giniúnach (“generative”)
- stáisiún giniúna f (“generating station, power station”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
giniúint | ghiniúint | nginiúint |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- "giniúint" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “genemain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language