гений

See also: гении and гениј

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɛnij]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

ге́ний • (génijm

  1. genius

Declension

Declension of ге́ний
singular plural
indefinite ге́ний
génij
ге́нии
génii
definite
(subject form)
ге́ният
génijat
ге́ниите
géniite
definite
(object form)
ге́ния
génija
vocative form ге́нию
géniju
ге́нии
génii

Russian

Etymology

First attested 1763. Borrowed from German Genius or directly from Latin genius. Displaced the earlier form гениуш, which was borrowed from Polish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡʲenʲɪj]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

ге́ний • (génijm anim or m inan (genitive ге́ния, nominative plural ге́нии, genitive plural ге́ниев)

  1. (animate) a genius (someone possessing extraordinary mental capacity)
    злой ге́нийzloj génijevil genius
  2. (inanimate) genius (extraordinary mental capacity)
    Synonym: гениа́льность (geniálʹnostʹ)
  3. (animate, Roman mythology) genius, tutelary deity
  4. (animate, literary, figurative) embodiment, quintessence, spirit

Declension

Descendants

  • Yakut: гений (geniy)

See also

Yakut

Etymology

From Russian ге́ний (génij).

Noun

гений • (geniy)

  1. genius (highly intelligent person)
    See synonyms at өйдөөх (öydööq).
    Antonym: акаары (akaarı, idiot, fool)