gein

See also: géin

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek γήινος (gḗinos, “of earth”) from γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Noun

gein (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) humin

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 gein in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish חן‎ (kheyn, “grace, charm”), from Hebrew חֵן‎.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣɛi̯n/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: gein
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯n
  • Homophone: gijn

Noun

gein m (uncountable, diminutive geintje n)

  1. (informal) fun, pleasure, joke

Derived terms

Anagrams

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡei̯n/, [ˈɡe̞i̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ein
  • Syllabification(key): gein

Noun

gein

  1. instructive plural of gee

Anagrams

Icelandic

Verb

gein

  1. first-person singular past indicative of gína
  2. third-person singular past indicative of gína

Middle English

Adjective

gein

  1. Alternative form of gayn (“direct, fast, good, helpful”)

Noun

gein

  1. Alternative form of gayn (“gain, reward, advantage”)

Preposition

gein

  1. Alternative form of gain (“against”)

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *genan, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʲenʲ/

Noun

gein n (genitive gene, nominative plural gene)

  1. verbal noun of gainithir
  2. birth
  3. (Christianity) the Nativity
  4. someone who was born

Inflection
Neuter n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative geinN geinN geinenL
Vocative geinN geinN geinenL
Accusative geinN geinN geinenL
Genitive geine geinenN geinenN
Dative geinimL geinenaib geinenaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
gein gein
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 ngein
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*gan-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 150-151

Further reading

Old Norse

Verb

gein

  1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of gína

Volapük

Noun

gein (nominative plural geins)

  1. gin

Declension
declension of gein
singular plural
nominative gein geins
genitive geina geinas
dative geine geines
accusative geini geinis
vocative 1 o gein! o geins!
predicative 2 geinu geinus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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