From German Gen, from English gene, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”), from γεννάω (gennáō, “to beget”). Coined by the Danish botanist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen in 1909.[1]
gén (plural gének)
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | gén | gének |
| accusative | gént | géneket |
| dative | génnek | géneknek |
| instrumental | génnel | génekkel |
| causal-final | génért | génekért |
| translative | génné | génekké |
| terminative | génig | génekig |
| essive-formal | génként | génekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | génben | génekben |
| superessive | génen | géneken |
| adessive | génnél | géneknél |
| illative | génbe | génekbe |
| sublative | génre | génekre |
| allative | génhez | génekhez |
| elative | génből | génekből |
| delative | génről | génekről |
| ablative | géntől | génektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
géné | géneké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
généi | génekéi |
| Possessive forms of gén | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | génem | génjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | géned | génjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | génje | génjei |
| 1st person plural | génünk | génjeink |
| 2nd person plural | génetek | génjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | génjük | génjeik |