géineas

Irish

Etymology

From Latin genus (“kind, type, class”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os (“race”).

Noun

géineas m (genitive singular géinis, nominative plural géinis)

1. (biology, taxonomy) genus

Declension

Declension of géineas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative géineas géinis vocative a ghéinis a ghéineasa genitive géinis géineas dative géineas géinis forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an géineas na géinis genitive an ghéinis na ngéineas dative leis an ngéineas don ghéineas leis na géinis

Mutation

Mutated forms of géineas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
géineas	ghéineas	ngéineas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “géineas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “genus”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “géineas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm