gena
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin gena (“cheek”). Doublet of chin.
Noun edit
gena (plural genae)
- (zoology) The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
- (entomology) The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.
- (entomology) The part of the head below the compound eyes of Diptera, or an analagous part of the head of larvae without compound eyes.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “gena”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams edit
Gaulish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *genus (“jaw, cheek, mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“cheek, jaw, chin”). Compare Welsh gen, Old Irish gin, giun, Latin gena.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
genā f
Declension edit
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
gena
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin gena (“cheek”).
Noun edit
gena f (plural gene) (obsolete, literary)
- cheek
- Synonym: guancia
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXI, page 556, lines 61–63:
- Diffuso era per li occhi e per le gene ¶ di benigna letizia, in atto pio ¶ quale a tenero padre si conviene.
- O'erflowing was he in his eyes and cheeks with joy benign, in attitude of pity as to a tender father is becoming.
Further reading edit
- gena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
gena
- inflection of genare:
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *genā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus (“chin, jaw, cheek”). The declension was most likely changed to avoid confusion with genus.
Cognates include Ancient Greek γένυς (génus), Sanskrit हनु (hánu), Persian چانه (čâne), Tocharian A śanwem, Old Armenian ծնաւտ (cnawt), Lithuanian žandas, Welsh gen, and Old English ċinn (English chin).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.na/, [ˈɡɛnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.na/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːnä]
Noun edit
gena f (genitive genae); first declension
- cheek
- eye socket
- (rare) eye or eyelid
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | gena | genae |
Genitive | genae | genārum |
Dative | genae | genīs |
Accusative | genam | genās |
Ablative | genā | genīs |
Vocative | gena | genae |
Synonyms edit
- (cheek): bucca
Descendants edit
References edit
- “gena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- gena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
- genene (neuter and masculine)
Noun edit
gena n or m
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
gena n or m
Phuthi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-jíngɪda.
Verb edit
-géna
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gena f
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From the adjective gen (“straight, through”), from Old Swedish gen, from Old Norse gegn, from Proto-Germanic *gagin (“against”).
Verb edit
gena (present genar, preterite genade, supine genat, imperative gena)
- to take a shortcut
- De genade över gräsmattan
- They took a shortcut across the lawn
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | gena | — | ||
Supine | genat | — | ||
Imperative | gena | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | genen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | genar | genade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | gena | genade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | gene | genade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | genande | |||
Past participle | genad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms edit
References edit
- gena in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- gena in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- gena in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)