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Irish
Etymology 1
From English gene.
Noun
géin f (genitive singular géine, nominative plural géinte)
- gene
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From English jean.
Noun
géin f (genitive singular géine)
- jean, denim
- Synonym: deinim
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Noun
géin f (genitive singular géine)
- Alternative form of geoin (“confused noise, drone, hum; cry, whimper; derision, mockery”)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| géin
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ghéin
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ngéin
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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