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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
géineas	ghéineas	ngéineas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

• Entries containing “géineas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.