ген

Carpathian Rusyn

Adverb

ген • (hen)

  1. there
    Нїґда єм ген не быв.
    Njigda jem hen ne bŷv.
    I have never been there.
  2. thither

Synonyms

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic گەن
Cyrillic ген
Latin gen

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ген (gen), from Danish gen, from German Gen, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, generation, descent).

Noun

ген • (gen)

  1. (biology) gene

Declension

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɛn]
  • (file)

Noun

ген • (gen) m (relational adjective генетски)

  1. gene

Declension

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡʲen]
  • (file)

Noun

ген • (gen) m inan (genitive ге́на, nominative plural ге́ны, genitive plural ге́нов, relational adjective ге́нный)

  1. (genetics) gene (unit of heredity)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: գեն (gen)
  • Kazakh: ген (gen)

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɦɛn]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Cognate with Polish hen, from Proto-Slavic (possibly *һеnъ, *heno[1] or *eno[2]).

Adverb

ген • (hen)

  1. (colloquial) far away, over yonder
    Synonyms: дале́ко (daléko), он (on), он там (on tam)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Gen, coined by Danish scientist Wilhelm Johannsen in 1909, from Ancient Greek γένος (génos).

Noun

ген • (hen) m inan (genitive ге́на, nominative plural ге́ни, genitive plural ге́нів, relational adjective ге́нний)

  1. (genetics) gene (unit of heredity)
Declension

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “ген”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  2. hen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN

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