gein
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Geïn, coined by Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1832, from Ancient Greek γήινος (gḗinos, “of earth”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”).[1]
Noun
gein (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry, biochemistry, dated) Humic acid.
- 1843 January 9, Henry Bidleman Bascom, “Glance at the Natural History and Philosophy of Agriculture […]”, in Thomas N. Ralston, editor, Posthumous Works of the Rev. Henry B. Bascom, […], volume 2, published 1856, page 201:
- Hence, a most interesting conclusion—without salts and gein we have no vegetable production. The gein in solution is essential to fruit, and yet, without the salts, the insolubility of gein would leave the soil barren.
- 1893, John Nisbet, Soil and Situation in Relation to Forest Growth, page 10:
- The humic acid and other similar acids (ulmic, geïn, &c.) have a very strong affinity for ammonia, which itself is essential to the nourishment of forest growth, as plants have only a limited power of assimilating the free nitrogen of the air.
- 1907, Philip R. Björling, Frederick T. Gissing, Peat: Its Use and Manufacture, page 6:
- Thus with a free supply of air the residue is mainly humin; with less air it is ulmin; and when air is excluded it is gein.
References
- Browne, Charles A. (1944) A Source Book of Agricultural Chemistry, Waltham: Chronica Botanica Company, page 257
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣɛi̯n/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: gein
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯n
- Homophone: gijn
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡei̯n/, [ˈɡe̞i̯n]
- Rhymes: -ein
- Syllabification(key): gein
Anagrams
Icelandic
Middle English
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *genan, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʲenʲ/
Noun
gein n (genitive gene, nominative plural gene)
- verbal noun of gainithir
- birth
- (Christianity) the Nativity
- someone who was born
Inflection
Neuter n-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | geinN | geinN | geinenL |
Vocative | geinN | geinN | geinenL |
Accusative | geinN | geinN | geinenL |
Genitive | geine | geinenN | geinenN |
Dative | geinimL | geinenaib | geinenaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
|
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
gein | gein pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
ngein |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gan-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 150-151
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gein”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Norse
Volapük
Declension
declension of gein
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | gein | geins |
genitive | geina | geinas |
dative | geine | geines |
accusative | geini | geinis |
vocative 1 | o gein! | o geins! |
predicative 2 | geinu | geinus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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