genti

See also: gênti, genți, and Genti

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ti/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnti
  • Hyphenation: gèn‧ti

Noun

genti f pl

  1. plural of gente

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

gentī

  1. dative singular of gēns

Macanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Portuguese gente.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒen.ti/, (less common) /ˈd͡ʒeŋ.ti/

Noun

genti

  1. 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-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

genti m

  1. (Jersey) nice

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin gentēs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʲen̠ʲ.t̠ʲi/

Noun

genti pl

  1. gentiles (non-Jews)
    For quotations using this term, see Citations:genti.
  2. heathens, pagans

Declension

Masculine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative — — gentiH
vocative — — gentiH
accusative — — gentiH
genitive — — genteN
dative — — gentib, geintib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: ginte

Mutation

Mutation of genti
radical lenition nasalization
genti genti
pronounced with /ɣʲ-/		 ngenti

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

Further reading

Portuguese

Noun

genti f (plural gentis)

  1. eye dialect spelling of gente, representing Brazil Portuguese
    Synonym: gênti

Sicilian

Noun

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genti f

  1. people
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