géineas

Irish

Etymology

From Latin genus (“kind, type, class”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os (“race”).

Noun

géineas m (genitive singular géinis, nominative plural géinis)

  1. (biology, taxonomy) genus

Declension
Declension of géineas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative géineas géinis
Vocative a ghéinis a ghéineasa
Genitive géinis géineas
Dative géineas géinis

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an géineas na géinis
Genitive an ghéinis na ngéineas
Dative leis an ngéineas

don ghéineas

 leis na géinis

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
géineas ghéineas ngéineas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “géineas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “genus”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Further reading
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