genny
See also: Genny
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛni
Etymology 1
Short for gentrifier.
Noun
genny (plural gennies)
- (slang) A person from the suburbs who moves to a low-income urban area.
Etymology 2
Noun
genny (plural gennies)
- (slang) Clipping of generator (“device that converts mechanical to electrical energy”).
- Synonym: gen
Hungarian
Etymology
Back-formation from genyett (“contemptible, base, vile”), created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. The origin of the adjective genyett is unclear. Perhaps borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian gnjiti.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡɛɲː]
- Hyphenation: genny
- Rhymes: -ɛɲː
Noun
genny (plural gennyek)
- pus (a whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria; normally found in regions of bacterial infection)
- (vulgar) cum, jizz, sperm
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | genny | gennyek |
| accusative | gennyet | gennyeket |
| dative | gennynek | gennyeknek |
| instrumental | gennyel | gennyekkel |
| causal-final | gennyért | gennyekért |
| translative | gennyé | gennyekké |
| terminative | gennyig | gennyekig |
| essive-formal | gennyként | gennyekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | gennyben | gennyekben |
| superessive | gennyen | gennyeken |
| adessive | gennynél | gennyeknél |
| illative | gennybe | gennyekbe |
| sublative | gennyre | gennyekre |
| allative | gennyhez | gennyekhez |
| elative | gennyből | gennyekből |
| delative | gennyről | gennyekről |
| ablative | gennytől | gennyektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
gennyé | gennyeké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
gennyéi | gennyekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | gennyem | gennyeim |
| 2nd person sing. | gennyed | gennyeid |
| 3rd person sing. | gennye | gennyei |
| 1st person plural | gennyünk | gennyeink |
| 2nd person plural | gennyetek | gennyeitek |
| 3rd person plural | gennyük | gennyeik |
Derived terms
Compound words
- gennycsatorna
- gennyképződés
References
- ^ genny in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
- ^ genny in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- genny in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.