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)

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

Declension

Declension of giniúint (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative giniúint giniúintí vocative a ghiniúint a ghiniúintí genitive giniúna giniúintí dative giniúint giniúintí forms with the definite article 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