gena

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gena"

English

Etymology

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

Noun

gena (plural genae or genæ)

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

Anagrams

• Agne, Ange, Egan, Gean, agen, gean, nega-

Galician

Noun

gena f (plural genas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of xena

Further reading

• “gena”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡenaː/

Noun

genā f

1. cheek

Declension

Declension of gena (Transalpine)

	singular	plural
nominative	genā	genās
vocative	genā	genās
accusative	genan1, genim2	genās
genitive	genās1, geniās2	genanom
dative	genī1, genia2	genābo
instrumental	genī	genābi
locative	genī	genābo

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

Anagrams

• nega

Latin

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛ.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.na]

Noun

gena f (genitive genae); first declension

1. cheek

   Synonym: bucca

   • c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes 3.12:

     Lacrimae perēdēre hūmōre exsanguēs genās.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. eye socket
3. (rare) eye or eyelid

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	gena	genae
genitive	genae	genārum
dative	genae	genīs
accusative	genam	genās
ablative	genā	genīs
vocative	gena	genae

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.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• genene (neuter and masculine)

Noun

gena n or m

1. definite neuter plural of gen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• genane

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

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “géna”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒena]

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

Conjugation of gena (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	gena		—
supine	genat		—
imperative	gena		—
imper. plural1	genen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	genar	genade	—	—
ind. plural1	gena	genade	—	—
subjunctive2	gene	genade	—	—
present participle		genande
past participle		genad

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

Related terms

• gen
• genskjuta
• genväg

References

• “gena”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “gena”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “gena”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• Agne, agen, ange, egna