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See also:Appendix:Variations of "gena"

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatingena(“cheek”).Doublet ofchin.

Noun

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gena (pluralgenae)

  1. (zoology) The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
  2. (entomology) The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.
  3. (entomology) The part of the head below the compound eyes of Diptera, or an analogous part of the head of larvae without compound eyes.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition ofWebster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for“gena”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.)

Anagrams

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Galician

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Noun

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gena f (pluralgenas,reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling ofxena

Further reading

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  • “gena”, inDicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Gaulish

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Etymology

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FromProto-Celtic*genus(“jaw, cheek, mouth”), fromProto-Indo-European*ǵénus(“cheek, jaw, chin”). CompareWelshgen,Old Irishgiun,Latingena.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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genā f

  1. cheek

Declension

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Declension ofgena (Transalpine)
singularplural
nominativegenāgenās
vocativegenāgenās
accusativegenan1,genim2genās
genitivegenās1,geniās2genanom
dativegenī1,genia2genābo
instrumentalgenīgenābi
locativegenīgenābo

1 early form
2 late form

Icelandic

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Noun

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gena

  1. indefinitegenitiveplural ofgen

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.na/
  • Rhymes:-ɛna
  • Hyphenation:gè‧na

Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromLatingena(“cheek”).

Noun

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gena f (pluralgene)(archaic, literary)

  1. cheek
    Synonym:guancia
    • 1321,Dante Alighieri,La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published2002, Canto XXXI, page556, lines61–63:
      Diffuso era per li occhi e per legene ¶ di benigna letizia, in atto pio ¶ quale a tenero padre si conviene.
      O'erflowing was he in his eyes andcheeks with joy benign, in attitude of pity as to a tender father is becoming.

Further reading

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  • gena in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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gena

  1. inflection ofgenare:
    1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. second-personsingularimperative

Anagrams

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Latin

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LatinWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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FromProto-Italic*genā, fromProto-Indo-European*ǵénu-,*ǵénus(“chin, jaw, cheek”). The declension was most likely changed to avoid confusion withgenus.

Cognates includeAncient Greekγένυς(génus),Sanskritहनु(hánu),Persianچانه(čâne),Tocharian Aśanweṃ,Old Armenianծնաւտ(cnawt),Lithuanianžandas,Welshgen, andOld Englishċinn (Englishchin).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gena f (genitivegenae);first declension

  1. cheek
    Synonym:bucca
  2. eye socket
  3. (rare)eye oreyelid

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singularplural
nominativegenagenae
genitivegenaegenārum
dativegenaegenīs
accusativegenamgenās
ablativegenāgenīs
vocativegenagenae

Descendants

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References

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  • “gena”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "gena", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “gena”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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gena n orm

  1. definiteneuterplural ofgen

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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gena n orm

  1. definiteneuterplural ofgen

Old English

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Adverb

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ġēna

  1. yet
  2. still
    • Exeter Book,riddle 40
      Iċ eom on gōmanġēna swētra
      þonne þū bēobrēad blende mid huniġe;
      I am sweeterstill in the mouth
      than when you blend bee-bread with honey
  3. further

References

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Phuthi

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Etymology

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FromProto-Bantu*-jíngɪda.

Verb

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-géna

  1. toenter, togointo [withlocative]

Inflection

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This verb needs aninflection-table template.

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gena f

  1. definitenominative/accusativesingular ofgenă

Swedish

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Etymology

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From the adjectivegen(“straight, through”), fromOld Swedishgen, fromOld Norsegegn, fromProto-Germanic*gagin(“against”).

Verb

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gena (presentgenar,preteritegenade,supinegenat,imperativegena)

  1. to take ashortcut
    Degenade över gräsmattan
    Theytook a shortcut across the lawn

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofgena (weak)
activepassive
infinitivegena—
supinegenat—
imperativegena—
imper. plural1genen—
presentpastpresentpast
indicativegenargenade——
ind. plural1genagenade——
subjunctive2genegenade——
present participlegenande
past participlegenad

1 Archaic.2 Dated. Seethe appendix on Swedish verbs.

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