gnéas

Irish

Etymology

Compare gné (“kind, race, type, nature”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɟnʲeːsˠ], [ɟɾʲeːsˠ]

Noun

gnéas m (genitive singular gnéis, nominative plural gnéasanna)

1. sex

Declension

Declension of gnéas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gnéas gnéasanna vocative a ghnéis a ghnéasanna genitive gnéis gnéasanna dative gnéas gnéasanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gnéas na gnéasanna genitive an ghnéis na ngnéasanna dative leis an ngnéas don ghnéas leis na gnéasanna

Derived terms

• aonghnéasach (“unisexual”, adjective)
• déghnéasach (“bisexual; hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic”, adjective)
• déghnéasach m (“bisexual; hermaphrodite”)
• eitic ghnéis f (“sexual ethics”)
• galar gnéas-tarchurtha m (“sexually transmitted disease”)
• gnéas béil m (“oral sex”)
• gnéas tóna m (“anal sex”)
• gnéasach (“sexual”, adjective)
• gnéasaigh (“sexualize”, verb)
• heitrighnéasach (“heterosexual”, adjective)
• heitrighnéasacht f (“heterosexuality”)
• heitrighnéasach m (“heterosexual”)
• homaighnéasach (“homosexual”, adjective)
• homaighnéasachas m, homaighnéasacht f (“homosexuality”)
• homaighnéasach m (“homosexual”)
• ionfhabhtú gnéas-tarchurtha m (“sexually transmitted infection”)
• trasghnéasach (“transsexual”, adjective)
• trasghnéasach m (“transsexual”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gnéas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gnéas	ghnéas	ngnéas

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) “gnéas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gnéas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gnéas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gnéas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN