genti
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ti/
- Rhymes: -ɛnti
- Hyphenation: gèn‧ti
Noun
genti f pl
- plural of gente
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
gentī
- dative singular of gēns
Macanese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Portuguese gente.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒen.ti/, (less common) /ˈd͡ʒeŋ.ti/
Noun
genti
- people
- Nôs sã genti di sorti porque já nacê na Macau.
- We are lucky people because we were born in Macau.
Derived terms
- tudo genti (“everyone”, literally “all people”)
Norman
Etymology
From Latin gentīlis, from gēns (“Roman clan”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
genti m
Old Irish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡʲen͈ʲtʲi]
Noun
genti pl
- Gentiles (non-Jews)
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5c3
- ɔ·ríctar huili genti ꝉ drécht caich ceníuil
- till all the Gentiles are saved, or a portion of every nation
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7a2
- is díimsa tairrchet ad·cichitis genti per mé
- Of me it has been prophesied that the Gentiles will see by means of me.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5c3
- heathens, pagans
Declension
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | — | — | gentiH |
vocative | — | — | gentiH |
accusative | — | — | gentiH |
genitive | — | — | genteN |
dative | — | — | gentib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
- Irish: ginte
Mutation
radical | lenition | nasalization |
---|---|---|
genti | genti pronounced with /ɣʲ-/ |
ngenti |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “genti”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Portuguese
Noun
genti f (plural gentis)
Sicilian
Noun
genti f