Genesis

See also: genesis, génesis, Génesis, Gênesis, -genesis, and -génesis

English

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Genesis

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.nə.səs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Genesis

2. (religion, biblical) The first book in the Hebrew Bible.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Gen.

3. A female given name from Ancient Greek of American usage since the 1980s.

Holonyms

• Books of Moses
• Old Testament
• Pentateuch
• Tanakh
• Torah

Related terms

• Genesiac
• Genesiacal
• genesis
• Genesitic

Translations

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Genesis (af) Albanian: Zanafilla Amharic: ኦሪት ዘፍጥረት (ʾorit zäfṭərät) Arabic: التَّكْوِين (ar) m (at-takwīn), سِفْرُ اَلتَّكْوِين m (sifru t-takwīn), سِفْرُ الخَلِيقَة m (sifru l-ḵalīqa) Armenian: Ծննդոց (hy) (Cnndocʻ) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܪܝܼܬܵܐ f (brītā), ܣܸܦܪܵܐ ܕܒܪܝܼܬܵܐ m (siprā d-brītā) Asturian: Xénesis (ast) m Basque: Hasiera (eu) Belarusian: Кні́га Быцця́ f (Kníha Byccjá), Быццё n (Byccjó) Bengali: আদিপুস্তক (adipustok) Breton: Geneliezh (br) f Bulgarian: Битие n (Bitie) Burmese: (please verify) ကမ္ဘာဦးကျမ် (kambhau:kyam) Catalan: Gènesi Cebuano: Henesis Chinese: Cantonese: 創世記 / 创世记 (cong3 sai3 gei3), 創世紀 / 创世纪 (cong3 sai3 gei2) (Catholic) Eastern Min: 創世記 / 创世记 (Cháung-sié-gé) Hakka: 創世記 / 创世记 (Chhóng-sṳ-ki) Hokkien: 創世記 / 创世记 (Chhòng-sè-kì), 創世紀 / 创世纪 (Chhòng-sè-kí) (Catholic) Mandarin: 創世記 / 创世记 (zh) (Chuàngshìjì), 創世紀 / 创世纪 (zh) (Chuàngshìjì) (Catholic) Corsican: Gènesi (co) Czech: Genesis (cs) Danish: Første Mosebog (da) Dutch: Genesis (nl) Esperanto: Genezo Estonian: 1. Moosese raamat (et) Faroese: Fyrsta Mósebók (fo) m Fijian: Vakatekivu Finnish: 1. Mooseksen kirja French: Genèse (fr) f Galician: Xénese f Georgian: დაბადებისა (dabadebisa) German: Genesis (de) f, 1. Buch Mose n (das erste Buch Mose) Greek: Γένεση (el) f (Génesi) Ancient: Γένεσις f (Génesis) Greenlandic: 1 Mosesi (kl) Gujarati: ઊત્પત્તિ (ūtpatti) Hawaiian: Kinohi Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית (he) m (b'reshít) Hindi: उत्पत्ति (hi) (utpatti) Hungarian: Mózes első könyve (hu) Icelandic: (Fyrsta Mósebók) 1. Mósebók Ido: Genezo (io) Indonesian: Kitab Kejadian, Kejadian (id), Genesis (id) Irish: Leabhar Gheineasas m, Geineasas (ga) m Italian: Genesi (it) f Japanese: 創世記 (ja) (そうせいき, sōseiki) Jarai: Čơdơ̆ng Phŭn Kannada: ಆದಿಕಾಂಡ (ādikāṇḍa) Kazakh: Жаратылыстың басталуы (Jaratylystyñ bastaluy) Khmer: លោកុប្បត្តិ (lookupbat) Konkani: उत्पती चें पुस्तक (utpatī cẽ pustak) or Utpoti chem Pustok Korean: 창세기(創世記) (ko) (changsegi) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: پەیدابوون (peydabûn) Lao: ປະຖົມມະການ (pa thom ma kān) Latin: Liber Genesis Latvian: Radīšanas grāmata f, Pirmā Mozus grāmata (lv) f Lavukaleve: Genesis Limburgish: Genesis Lithuanian: Pradžios knyga (lt) m Lutuv: Sahruothuna Macedonian: Би́тие (Bítie) Malay: Kejadian Malayalam: ഉല്പത്തിപ്പുസ്തകം (ulpattippustakaṁ) Maltese: Ktieb il-Ġenesi (mt) Manx: lioar Genesis m Maori: Kenehi (mi) Marathi: उत्पत्ति (utpatti) Mirandese: Génesis Neapolitan: Genesi Nepali: उत्पत्ति (ne) (utpatti) Ngazidja Comorian: Mwanɗo class 3 Norwegian: Første Mosebok (no) Odia: ଆଦିପୁସ୍ତକ (ādipustaka) Persian: پیدایش (fa) (peydâyeš) Polish: Genesis (pl) f, Księga Rodzaju f Portuguese: Brazilian: Gênesis (pt) m European: Génesis (pt) m Punjabi: Gurmukhi: ਉਤਪਤ (pa) (utapat) Shahmukhi: پیدائش (pedā'iś) Romanian: Geneza f, Facerea f Russian: Кни́га Бытия́ f (Kníga Bytijá), Бытие́ (ru) n (Bytijé), пе́рвая кни́га Моисе́я f (pérvaja kníga Moiséja) Scots: Genesis Scottish Gaelic: Genesis (gd) m Serbo-Croatian: Knjiga Postanka Sinhalese: උත්පත්ති (utpatti) Slovak: Genesis m Slovene: Geneza (sl) Spanish: el Génesis (es) Swahili: Mwanzo (sw) class 3 Swedish: Första Moseboken, Genesis (sv) Tagalog: Samula, Henesis (tl) Tajik: Хуруҷ (Xuruj) Tamil: ஆதியாகமம் (ta) (ātiyākamam) Telugu: ఆదికాండము (ādikāṇḍamu) Thai: ปฐมกาล Tumbuka: Mutendeko Turkish: Yaratılış Kitabı Ukrainian: Кни́га Буття́ f (Knýha Buttjá), Буття́ n (Buttjá) Urdu: پیدائش (pedā'iś), کِتابِ پیدائش (kitāb-e pedā'iś) Uzbek: Ibtido Vietnamese: Sách Sáng thế (冊創世), Sáng thế ký, Sáng thế kí (創世記) Waray-Waray: Genesis Welsh: Genesis (cy) m West Frisian: Genesis Yiddish: בראשית m (breyshes) Zealandic: Genesis

Noun

Genesis (plural Genesises)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Canada, US, video games) A video game console, the Sega Genesis, also marketed as the Mega Drive outside North America.

Anagrams

• Geisens, Giesens, seeings, signees

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Genesis

1. (biblical) Genesis

Related terms

• Gen.

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Genesis

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

From Middle Dutch genesis, from Latin Genesis, from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣeː.nə.sɪs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ge‧ne‧sis

Proper noun

Genesis f

1. Genesis (a book of the Hebrew Bible)

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English Genesis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒe.n(ə).zəs/

Noun

Genesis m (uncountable)

1. (North America) Sega Genesis

Synonyms

• (Europe) Mega Drive

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany):

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• Audio (Germany):

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Noun

Genesis f (genitive Genesis, plural Genesen)

1. genesis

   Synonym: Genese f

Declension

Declension of Genesis [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Genesis	die	Genesen
genitive	einer	der	Genesis	der	Genesen
dative	einer	der	Genesis	den	Genesen
accusative	eine	die	Genesis	die	Genesen

Proper noun

Genesis f (proper noun, genitive Genesis)

1. (religion) Genesis (the first book of the Bible)

   Synonym: erstes Buch Mose

Synonyms

• Gen (Gen.)

Further reading

• “Genesis” in Duden online

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

Genesis

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Genesis, from Middle Dutch genesis, from Latin Genesis, from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈnesis/ [ɡeˈne.sɪs]
• Rhymes: -esis
• Syllabification: Ge‧ne‧sis
• Homophone: genesis

Proper noun

Genesis

1. (religion, biblical) Genesis (the first book in the Hebrew Bible)(religion, Christianity, biblical)

   Synonym: Kejadian

Further reading

• “Genesis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈnesis/ [d͡ʒeˈneː.si̞s]
  • Rhymes: -esis
• IPA^(key): /heˈnesis/ [heˈneː.si̞s]
  • Rhymes: -esis
• (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian)
  • IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈnehih/ [d͡ʒeˈneː.hi̞h]
    • Rhymes: -ehih
  • IPA^(key): /heˈnehih/ [heˈneː.hi̞h]
    • Rhymes: -ehih
• Syllabification: Ge‧ne‧sis

Proper noun

Genesis

1. (biblical) Genesis (book of the Bible)

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Gen.

Related terms

• see: Appendix:Books of the Bible (Kankanaey)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γένεσις (Génesis).

Proper noun

Genesis m sg (genitive Genesis); third declension

1. Genesis, the first book of the Torah and the Bible.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Genesis

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin Genesis. Doublet of geneza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛˈnɛ.zis/
• Rhymes: -ɛzis
• Syllabification: Ge‧ne‧sis

Proper noun

Genesis f (indeclinable)

1. Genesis (book of the Bible)

   Synonym: Księga Rodzaju

Further reading

• Genesis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Genesis (genitive Ghenesis)

1. (biblical) Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament

Coordinate terms

books of the Protestant Old Testamentedit

• Genesis
• Ecsodus
• Lebhiticus
• Àireamh
• Deuteronomi
• Iosua
• Britheamhan
• Rut
• 1 Samuel
• 2 Samuel
• 1 Rìghrean
• 2 Rìghrean
• 1 Eachdraidh
• 2 Eachdraidh
• Esra
• Nehemiah
• Ester
• Iob
• Sailm
• Gnàth-fhacail
• Eclesiastes
• Dàn Sholaimh
• Isaiah
• Ieremiah
• Tuireadh
• Eseciel
• Daniel
• Hosèa
• Ioel
• Amos
• Obadiah
• Ionah
• Micah
• Nahum
• Habacuc
• Sephaniah
• Hagai
• Sechariah
• Malachi

Slovak

Proper noun

Genesis ?

1. (religion) Genesis (the first book of the Bible)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from English Genesis

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝenesis/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.ne.sis]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝenesis/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.ne.sis] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃenesis/ [ˈʃe.ne.sis] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒenesis/ [ˈʒe.ne.sis] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -enesis
• Syllabification: Ge‧ne‧sis

Noun

Genesis m (uncountable)

1. (US, Mexico, Chile) Sega Genesis

Synonyms

• (Spain, Philippines, Argentina, Uruguay) Mega Drive

Swedish

Proper noun

Genesis c (genitive Genesis)

1. synonym of Första Moseboken (“Genesis”)

Tagalog

Proper noun

Génesís or Genesis (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔)

1. alternative spelling of Henesis

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Genesis, from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Genesis m

1. (biblical) The Book of Genesis

Coordinate terms

books of the Protestant Old Testament: llyfrau'r Hen Destament Protestannaiddedit

• Genesis
• Exodus
• Lefiticus
• Numeri
• Deuteronomium
• Josua
• Barnwyr
• Ruth
• 1 Samuel
• 2 Samuel
• 1 Brenhinoedd
• 2 Brenhinoedd
• 1 Cronicl
• 2 Cronicl
• Esra
• Nehemeia
• Esther
• Job
• Salmau
• Diarhebion
• Pregethwr
• Caniad Solomon
• Eseia
• Jeremeia
• Galarnad
• Eseciel
• Daniel
• Hosea
• Joel
• Amos
• Obadeia
• Jona
• Micha
• Nahum
• Habacuc
• Seffaneia
• Haggai
• Sechareia
• Malachi

Mutation

Mutated forms of Genesis

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Genesis	Enesis	Ngenesis	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.