giniúint

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish genemain f (“coming into existence, birth; generative power; growth, production; race, progeny”), verbal noun of gainithir (modern gin).

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
1. embryo
2. 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

Terms derived from giniúint

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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
giniúint	ghiniúint	nginiúint
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"giniúint" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“genemain” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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