geni

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See also: gêni and ĝeni

Balinese

Romanization

geni

  1. Romanization of ᬕᭂᬦᬶ

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin genius. Doublet of giny, a popular development.

Pronunciation

Noun

geni m (plural genis)

  1. jinn, genie
  2. (mythology, religion) spirit (supernatural being)
  3. genius (extraordinary mental capacity)
  4. genius (someone with extraordinary intelligence)
  5. nature, character, temper (especially when bad)

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Danish

Noun

geni n (singular definite geniet, plural indefinite genier)

  1. genius, mastermind

Declension

Declension of geni
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative geni geniet genier genierne
genitive genis geniets geniers geniernes

Further reading

Icelandic

Noun

geni

  1. indefinite dative singular of gen

Ido

Pronunciation

Noun

geni

  1. plural of geno

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.ni/
  • Rhymes: -ɛni
  • Hyphenation: gè‧ni

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

geni m pl

  1. plural of gene

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

geni m pl

  1. plural of genio

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

geni

  1. inflection of genare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Javanese

Romanization

geni

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦼꦤꦶ

Kwaio

Noun

geni

  1. woman

References

  • Roger M. Keesing, Kwaio Religion: The Living and the Dead in a Solomon Island Society (1982)
  • Roger M. Keesing, Melanesian Pidgin and the Oceanic Substrate (1988)

Latin

Noun

genī

  1. vocative singular of genius

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin genius, via French génie.

Noun

geni n (definite singular geniet, indefinite plural geni or genier, definite plural genia or geniene)

  1. a genius

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin genius, via French génie.

Noun

geni n (definite singular geniet, indefinite plural geni, definite plural genia)

  1. a genius

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Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Adjective

-geni (declinable)

  1. strange, unusual
  2. foreign

Declension

Inflected forms of -geni
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mgeni
m-mi class(III/IV) mgeni migeni
ji-ma class(V/VI) geni mageni
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) kigeni vigeni
n class(IX/X) ngeni ngeni
u class(XI) mgeni see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pageni
ku class(XVII) kugeni
mu class(XVIII) mugeni

Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

From French génie, from Latin genius.

Pronunciation

Noun

geni n

  1. a genius
    Synonym: snille

Declension

Declension of geni 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative geni geniet genier genierna
Genitive genis geniets geniers geniernas

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Turkish

Noun

geni

  1. accusative singular of gen
  2. third-person singular possessive of gen

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh geny, from Proto-Brythonic gėnjed, from Proto-Celtic *ganyetor, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁-yé-tor.

Verb

geni (impersonal singular present genir)

  1. (impersonal, usually passive voice) to be born
Usage notes

Normally only used in passive cael-constructions:

Cafodd hi ei geni yn Lloegr
She was born in England

Formal and literary language can also use the impersonal forms with an object:

Ganwyd hi yn Lloegr
She was born in England
(literally, “ bore her in England”)
Conjugation
Conjugation
Literary forms singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future — — — — — — genir
imperfect/conditional — — — — — — genid
preterite — — — — — — ganed, ganwyd
pluperfect — — — — — — ganesid
present subjunctive — — — — — — ganer
verbal noun geni
verbal adjectives ganedig
genedigol

Noun

geni m (uncountable)

  1. birth
    dyddiad geni ― date of birth

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
geni eni ngeni unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

geni

  1. Soft mutation of ceni.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
ceni geni ngheni cheni
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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