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ген

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Carpathian Rusyn

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Adverb

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ген (hen)

  1. there
    Нїґда єм ген не быв.
    Njigda jem hen ne bŷv.
    I have never been there.
  2. thither

Synonyms

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Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic گەن
Cyrillic ген
Latin gen
Kazakh Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian ген (gen), from Danish gen, from German Gen, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, generation, descent).

Noun

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ген (gen)

  1. (biology) gene

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Macedonian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡɛn]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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ген (genm (relational adjective генетски)

  1. gene

Declension

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Declension of ген
singular plural
indefinite ген (gen) гени (geni)
definite unspecified генот (genot) гените (genite)
definite proximal генов (genov) гениве (genive)
definite distal генон (genon) генине (genine)
vocative гену (genu) гени (geni)
count form гена (gena)

Russian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ген (genm inan (genitive ге́на, nominative plural ге́ны, genitive plural ге́нов, relational adjective ге́нный)

  1. (genetics) gene (unit of heredity)

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: գեն (gen)
  • Kazakh: ген (gen)

Ukrainian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Polish hen, from Proto-Slavic (possibly *һеnъ, *heno[1] or *eno[2]).

Adverb

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ген (hen)

  1. (colloquial) far away, over yonder
    Synonyms: дале́ко (daléko), он (on), он там (on tam)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from German Gen, coined by Danish scientist Wilhelm Johannsen in 1909, from Ancient Greek γένος (génos).

Noun

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ген (henm inan (genitive ге́на, nominative plural ге́ни, genitive plural ге́нів, relational adjective ге́нний)

  1. (genetics) gene (unit of heredity)
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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “ген”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  2. ^ hen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN

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