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gena

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "gena"

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gena (“cheek”). Doublet of chin.

Noun

gena (plural genae)

  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 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “gena”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Galician

Noun

gena f (plural genas, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of xena

Further reading

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

Gaulish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *genus (“jaw, cheek, mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“cheek, jaw, chin”). Compare Welsh gen, Old Irish giun, Latin gena.

Pronunciation

Noun

genā f

  1. cheek

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

1 early form
2 late form

Icelandic

Noun

gena

  1. indefinite genitive plural of gen

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin gena (“cheek”).

Noun

gena f (plural gene) (archaic, literary)

  1. cheek
    Synonym: guancia
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXI, page 556, lines 61–63:
      Diffuso era per li occhi e per le gene ¶ di benigna letizia, in atto pio ¶ quale a tenero padre si conviene.
      O'erflowing was he in his eyes and cheeks with joy benign, in attitude of pity as to a tender father is becoming.

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gena

  1. inflection of genare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Latin

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Etymology

From Proto-Italic *genā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus (“chin, jaw, cheek”). The declension was most likely changed to avoid confusion with genus.

Cognates include Ancient Greek γένῡ̆ς (génū̆s), Sanskrit हनु (hánu), Persian چانه (čâne), Tocharian A śanweṃ, Old Armenian ծնաւտ (cnawt), Lithuanian žandas, Welsh gen, and Old English ċinn (English chin).

Pronunciation

Noun

gena f (genitive genae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

  • → English: gena (learned)
  • Aromanian: dzeanã, dziane
  • → Italian: gena
  • Romanian: geană

References

  • “gena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "gena", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “gena”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

gena n or m

  1. definite neuter plural of gen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

gena n or m

  1. definite neuter plural of gen

Old English

Adverb

ġēna

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

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Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jíngɪda.

Verb

-géna

  1. to enter, to go into [with locative]

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

gena f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of genă

Swedish

Etymology

From the adjective gen (“straight, through”), from Old Swedish gen, from Old Norse gegn, from Proto-Germanic *gagin (“against”).

Verb

gena (present genar, preterite genade, supine genat, imperative gena)

  1. to take a shortcut
    De genade över gräsmattan
    They took a shortcut across the lawn

Conjugation

More information active, passive ...

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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