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gin.

begetting, birth

3 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɟɪnʲ/

  1. begetting, birth

    feminine

  2. fetus

    feminine

  3. offspring, child, person

    feminine

  4. generating source

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish gein, verbal noun of gainithir (“is born”), from Proto-Celtic *ganyetor (compare Welsh geni (“be born, bear”)) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (compare English kin, Latin gignō (“beget, bear”), Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “become”), Sanskrit जनति (janati, “beget”)).

verb/ˈɟɪnʲ/

  1. give birth to (used only in the autonomous form)

  2. germinate, sprout; spring forth; originate

  3. beget, procreate

  4. generate, produce

Where this word comes from

From Old Irish gein, verbal noun of gainithir (“is born”), from Proto-Celtic *ganyetor (compare Welsh geni (“be born, bear”)) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (compare English kin, Latin gignō (“beget, bear”), Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “become”), Sanskrit जनति (janati, “beget”)).

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