genti
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ti/
- Rhymes: -ɛnti
- Hyphenation: gèn‧ti
Latin
Macanese
Etymology
From Portuguese gente.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒen.ti/, (less common) /ˈd͡ʒeŋ.ti/
Noun
genti
- people
- Nôs sã genti di sorti porque já nacê na Macau.
- We are lucky people because we were born in Macau.
Derived terms
- tudo genti (“everyone”, literally “all people”)
Norman
Etymology
From Latin gentīlis, from gēns (“Roman clan”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡʲen͈ʲtʲi]
Noun
genti pl
- Gentiles (non-Jews)
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5c3
- ɔ·ríctar huili genti ꝉ drécht caich ceníuil
- till all the Gentiles are saved, or a portion of every nation
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7a2
- is díimsa tairrchet ad·cichitis genti per mé
- Of me it has been prophesied that the Gentiles will see by means of me.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5c3
- heathens, pagans
Declension
Masculine i-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | — | — | gentiH |
Vocative | — | — | gentiH |
Accusative | — | — | gentiH |
Genitive | — | — | genteN |
Dative | — | — | gentib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Irish: ginte
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
genti | genti pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
ngenti |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “genti”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Portuguese
Sicilian
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