geni

See also: gêni and ĝeni

Balinese

Romanization

geni

1. Romanization of ᬕᭂᬦᬶ

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin genius. Doublet of giny, a popular development.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒɛ.ni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒɛ.ni]

Noun

geni m (plural genis)

1. jinn, genie
2. (mythology, religion) spirit (supernatural being)
3. genius (extraordinary mental capacity)
4. genius (someone with extraordinary intelligence)
5. nature, character, temper (especially when bad)

Derived terms

• geniüt

Related terms

• genial

Further reading

• “geni” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Noun

geni n (singular definite geniet, plural indefinite genier)

1. genius, mastermind

Declension

Declension of geni

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	geni	geniet	genier	genierne
genitive	genis	geniets	geniers	geniernes

Further reading

• “geni” in Den Danske Ordbog

Icelandic

Noun

geni

1. indefinite dative singular of gen

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeni/

Noun

geni

1. plural of geno

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.ni/
• Rhymes: -ɛni
• Hyphenation: gè‧ni

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

geni m pl

1. plural of gene

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

geni m pl

1. plural of genio

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

geni

1. inflection of genare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• gine-, igne

Javanese

Romanization

geni

1. Romanization of ꦒꦼꦤꦶ

Kwaio

Noun

geni

1. woman

References

• Roger M. Keesing, Kwaio Religion: The Living and the Dead in a Solomon Island Society (1982)
• Roger M. Keesing, Melanesian Pidgin and the Oceanic Substrate (1988)

Latin

Noun

genī

1. vocative singular of genius

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin genius, via French génie.

Noun

geni n (definite singular geniet, indefinite plural geni or genier, definite plural genia or geniene)

1. a genius

Related terms

• genial

References

• “geni” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin genius, via French génie.

Noun

geni n (definite singular geniet, indefinite plural geni, definite plural genia)

1. a genius

Related terms

• genial

References

• “geni” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Adjective

-geni (declinable)

1. strange, unusual
2. foreign

Declension

Inflected forms of -geni

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	mgeni	wageni
m-mi class(III/IV)	mgeni	migeni
ji-ma class(V/VI)	geni	mageni
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	kigeni	vigeni
n class(IX/X)	ngeni	ngeni
u class(XI)	mgeni	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	pageni
ku class(XVII)	kugeni
mu class(XVIII)	mugeni

Derived terms

• mgeni
• ugeni

Swedish

Etymology

From French génie, from Latin genius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɧɛ̝ˈniː/

• Audio (Gotland):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

geni n

1. a genius

   Synonym: snille

Declension

Declension of geni

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	geni	genis
	definite	geniet	geniets
plural	indefinite	genier	geniers
	definite	genierna	geniernas

Derived terms

• genidrag
• gnugga geniknölarna
• språkgeni
• universalgeni

Related terms

• genial
• genialisk
• genialitet

Further reading

• geni in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• Inge, igen

Turkish

Noun

geni

1. accusative singular of gen
2. third-person singular possessive of gen

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛnɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeːni/, /ˈɡɛni/

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh geny, from Proto-Brythonic *gėnjed, from Proto-Celtic *ganyetor, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁-yé-tor.

Verb

geni (impersonal singular present genir)

1. (impersonal, usually passive voice) to be born

Usage notes

Normally only used in passive cael-constructions:

Cafodd hi ei geni yn Lloegr

She was born in England

Formal and literary language can also use the impersonal forms with an object:

Ganwyd hi yn Lloegr

She was born in England

(literally, “[One] bore her in England”)

Conjugation

Conjugation

Literary forms	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	—	—	—	—	—	—	genir
imperfect/conditional	—	—	—	—	—	—	genid
preterite	—	—	—	—	—	—	ganed, ganwyd
pluperfect	—	—	—	—	—	—	ganesid
present subjunctive	—	—	—	—	—	—	ganer
verbal noun	geni
verbal adjectives	ganedig genedigol

Noun

geni m (uncountable)

1. birth

   dyddiad geni ― date of birth

Mutation

Mutated forms of geni

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
geni	eni	ngeni	unchanged

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

geni

1. Soft mutation of ceni.

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceni

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ceni	geni	ngheni	cheni

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