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geni

See also: gêni and ĝeni

Balinese

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Romanization

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geni

  1. Romanization of ᬕᭂᬦᬶ

Catalan

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin genius. Doublet of giny, a popular development.

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Noun

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geni m (plural genis)

  1. jinn, genie
  2. (mythology, religion) spirit (supernatural being)
  3. genius (extraordinary mental capacity)
  4. genius (someone with extraordinary intelligence)
  5. nature, character, temper (especially when bad)

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Danish

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Noun

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geni n (singular definite geniet, plural indefinite genier)

  1. genius, mastermind

Declension

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Declension of geni
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative geni geniet genier genierne
genitive genis geniets geniers geniernes

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Icelandic

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Noun

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geni

  1. indefinite dative singular of gen

Ido

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Noun

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geni

  1. plural of geno

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.ni/
  • Rhymes: -ɛni
  • Hyphenation: gè‧ni

Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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geni m pl

  1. plural of gene

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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geni m pl

  1. plural of genio

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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geni

  1. inflection of genare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

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Javanese

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Romanization

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geni

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦼꦤꦶ

Kwaio

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Noun

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geni

  1. woman

References

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  • Roger M. Keesing, Kwaio Religion: The Living and the Dead in a Solomon Island Society (1982)
  • Roger M. Keesing, Melanesian Pidgin and the Oceanic Substrate (1988)

Latin

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Noun

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genī

  1. vocative singular of genius

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin genius, via French génie.

Noun

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geni n (definite singular geniet, indefinite plural geni or genier, definite plural genia or geniene)

  1. a genius
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin genius, via French génie.

Noun

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geni n (definite singular geniet, indefinite plural geni, definite plural genia)

  1. a genius
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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

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-geni (declinable)

  1. strange, unusual
  2. foreign

Declension

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Inflected forms of -geni
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mgeni
m-mi class(III/IV) mgeni migeni
ji-ma class(V/VI) geni mageni
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) kigeni vigeni
n class(IX/X) ngeni ngeni
u class(XI) mgeni see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pageni
ku class(XVII) kugeni
mu class(XVIII) mugeni

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From French génie, from Latin genius.

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Noun

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geni n

  1. a genius
    Synonym: snille

Declension

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Declension of geni 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative geni geniet genier genierna
Genitive genis geniets geniers geniernas

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Turkish

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Noun

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geni

  1. accusative singular of gen
  2. third-person singular possessive of gen

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Welsh geny, from Proto-Brythonic *gėnjed, from Proto-Celtic *ganyetor, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁-yé-tor.

Verb

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geni (impersonal singular present genir)

  1. (impersonal, usually passive voice) to be born
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Normally only used in passive cael-constructions:

Cafodd hi ei geni yn Lloegr
She was born in England

Formal and literary language can also use the impersonal forms with an object:

Ganwyd hi yn Lloegr
She was born in England
(literally, “[One] bore her in England”)
Conjugation
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Conjugation
Literary forms singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future — — — — — — genir
imperfect/conditional — — — — — — genid
preterite — — — — — — ganed, ganwyd
pluperfect — — — — — — ganesid
present subjunctive — — — — — — ganer
verbal noun geni
verbal adjectives ganedig
genedigol

Noun

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geni m (uncountable)

  1. birth
    dyddiad geni ― date of birth

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
geni eni ngeni unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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geni

  1. Soft mutation of ceni.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
ceni geni ngheni cheni
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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