gnéas

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Irish

Etymology

Compare gné (“kind, race, type, nature”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): ,

Noun

gnéas m (genitive singular gnéis, nominative plural gnéasanna)

sex

Declension

Declension of gnéas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gnéas	gnéasanna
Vocative	a ghnéis	a ghnéasanna
Genitive	gnéis	gnéasanna
Dative	gnéas	gnéasanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an gnéas	na gnéasanna
Genitive	an ghnéis	na ngnéasanna
Dative	leis an ngnéas don ghnéas	leis na gnéasanna

Derived terms

aonghnéasach (“unisexual”, adjective)
déghnéasach (“bisexual; hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic”, adjective)
déghnéasach m (“bisexual; hermaphrodite”)
eitic ghnéis f (“sexual ethics”)
galar gnéas-tarchurtha m (“sexually transmitted disease”)
gnéas béil m (“oral sex”)
gnéas tóna m (“anal sex”)
gnéasach (“sexual”, adjective)
gnéasaigh (“sexualize”, verb)
heitrighnéasach (“heterosexual”, adjective)
heitrighnéasacht f (“heterosexuality”)
heitrighnéasach m (“heterosexual”)
homaighnéasach (“homosexual”, adjective)
homaighnéasachas m, homaighnéasacht f (“homosexuality”)
homaighnéasach m (“homosexual”)
ionfhabhtú gnéas-tarchurtha m (“sexually transmitted infection”)
trasghnéasach (“transsexual”, adjective)
trasghnéasach m (“transsexual”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gnéas	ghnéas	ngnéas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gnéas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gnéas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“gnéas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gnéas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

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