giniúint

Irish

Alternative forms

geineamhuin (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish genemain f (“coming into existence”), verbal noun of gainithir. By surface analysis, gin +‎ -úint).

Noun

giniúint f (genitive singular giniúna, nominative plural giniúintí)

verbal noun of gin
procreation; conception; birth
1. (biology) reproduction, generation
2. (botany) germination
3. generation, production
4. embryo
5. embryonic growth, sprout
(literary) progeny, breed

Declension

Declension of giniúint (third declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	giniúint	giniúintí
vocative	a ghiniúint	a ghiniúintí
genitive	giniúna	giniúintí
dative	giniúint	giniúintí

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an ghiniúint	na giniúintí
genitive	na giniúna	na nginiúintí
dative	leis an nginiúint don ghiniúint	leis na giniúintí

Derived terms

baill ghiniúna m pl (“reproductive organs, genitals”)
giniúint Ádhaimh f (“Adam's seed”)
Giniúint Chríost f (“Christ's Nativity”)
giniúint i bpráta f (“sprouting, sprout, in potato”)
Giniúint Mhuire gan Smál f (“the Immaculate Conception”)
giniúint síl f (“germination of seed”)
giniúnach (“generative”)
stáisiún giniúna f (“generating station, power station”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *giniúint*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
giniúint	ghiniúint	nginiúint

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giniúint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “genemain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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