géineas

Irish

Etymology

From Latin genus (“kind, type, class”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os (“race”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɟeːnʲəsˠ/

Noun

géineas m (genitive singular géinis, nominative plural géinis)

  1. (biology, taxonomy) genus

Declension

Declension of géineas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative géineas géinis
vocative a ghéinis a ghéineasa
genitive géinis géineas
dative géineas géinis
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an géineas na géinis
genitive an ghéinis na ngéineas
dative leis an ngéineas
don ghéineas 		leis na géinis

Mutation

Mutated forms of géineas
radical lenition eclipsis
géineas ghéineas ngéineas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “géineas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “genus”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Further reading

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