genesta

Latin

Alternative forms

genista

Etymology

Found in Medieval Latin; a loan of unclear origin.

Noun

genesta f (genitive genestae); first declension

broom (plant)

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	genesta	genestae
genitive	genestae	genestārum
dative	genestae	genestīs
accusative	genestam	genestās
ablative	genestā	genestīs
vocative	genesta	genestae

Descendants

Catalan: ginesta
Corsican: ghjinestra
English: Genista, Plantagenet
French: genêt
- Old French: geneste, genest
Galician: xesta
German: Ginster

Italian: ginestra
Neapolitan: jenesta
Occitan: ginèsta, genèsta
Portuguese: gesta, giesta, giesteira
Sicilian: inestra, ginestra
Spanish: hiniesta, ginesta
Swedish: ginst

References

genesta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
genesta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
genesta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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