ген

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gen"

Carpathian Rusyn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛn]
  • Rhymes: -ɛn
  • Syllabification: ген

Adverb

ген • (hen)

  1. there
    Нїґда єм ген не быв.
    Njigda jem hen ne bŷv.
    I have never been there.
  2. thither

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ге́нде (hénde)
  • ге́нсесь (hénsesʹ)
  • ге́нтак (héntak)
  • ге́нтам (héntam)
  • ге́нтот (héntot)
  • гентуды́ (hentudŷ́)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic گەن
Cyrillic ген
Latin gen

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ген (gen), from Danish gen, from German Gen, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, generation, descent).

Noun

ген • (gen)

  1. (biology) gene

Declension

Declension of ген
singular plural
nominative ген (gen) гендер (gender)
genitive геннің (gennıñ) гендердің (genderdıñ)
dative генге (geñe) гендерге (genderge)
accusative генді (gendı) гендерді (genderdı)
locative генде (gende) гендерде (genderde)
ablative геннен (gennen) гендерден (genderden)
instrumental генмен (genmen) гендермен (gendermen)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɛn]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

ген • (genm (relational adjective генетски)

  1. gene

Declension

Declension of ген
singular plural
indefinite ген (gen) гени (geni)
definite unspecified генот (genot) гените (genite)
definite proximal генов (genov) гениве (genive)
definite distal генон (genon) генине (genine)
vocative гену (genu) гени (geni)
count form гена (gena)

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡʲen]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

ген • (genm inan (genitive ге́на, nominative plural ге́ны, genitive plural ге́нов, relational adjective ге́нный)

  1. (genetics) gene (unit of heredity)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: գեն (gen)
  • Kazakh: ген (gen)

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɦɛn]
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Cognate with Polish hen, from Proto-Slavic (possibly *һеnъ, *heno[1] or *eno[2]).

Adverb

ген • (hen)

  1. (colloquial) far away, over yonder
    Synonyms: дале́ко (daléko), он (on), он там (on tam)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Gen, coined by Danish scientist Wilhelm Johannsen in 1909, from Ancient Greek γένος (génos).

Noun

ген • (henm inan (genitive ге́на, nominative plural ге́ни, genitive plural ге́нів, relational adjective ге́нний)

  1. (genetics) gene (unit of heredity)
Declension
Declension of ген
(inan hard masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative ген
hen
ге́ни
hény
genitive ге́на
héna
ге́нів
héniv
dative ге́нові, ге́ну
hénovi, hénu
ге́нам
hénam
accusative ген
hen
ге́ни
hény
instrumental ге́ном
hénom
ге́нами
hénamy
locative ге́ні
héni
ге́нах
hénax
vocative ге́не
héne
ге́ни
hény

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “ген”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  2. ^ hen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN

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