giniúint
Irish
Alternative forms
- geineamhuin (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Irish genemain f (“coming into existence”), verbal noun of gainithir. By surface analysis, gin + -úint).
Noun
giniúint f (genitive singular giniúna, nominative plural giniúintí)
- verbal noun of gin
- procreation; conception; birth
- (literary) progeny, breed
Declension
Declension of giniúint
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- 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
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| giniúint | ghiniúint | nginiúint |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giniúint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “genemain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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