i, f.
IGT Decl. § 10
. vn. of gainithir.
(a)
coming
into existence, birth : geinemain (gl. generatio),
Ir. Gl. 887
.
geinemain do o maithir iarna tuisti o athair,
Laws i 256.27
Comm.
comtis leir fíad genemain,
SR 2808
.
ar a genemain
o'n bannscail,
PH 4784
.
maircc do ghein do gheineamain,
RC xxxvii 345 § 1
.
PH 5305
.
TTebe 134
.
secht ṁblíadna
riana genemain,
Ériu iv 22 § 4
.
Crist do genemain,
LL 9a21
.
genemaint Crist,
BCC 390.17
. ┐ teicemad co millfed in
geinemain et forte abhortiret,
Irish Texts v 72.17
. Of procreation :
ge[i]n soinmeach do geineamain uadh ┐ o mnai,
BB
261a57
. g
s.
i n-uair genemna do ríg,
LL 147a8
(
PRIA iii
546 § 7
).
fod mo gheinemhna ┐ mo ghnáth-choimperta,
BNnÉ 267.5
. o fodhar na genemna the sound of birth,
Auraic. 1616
.
ó phort a gheineamhna,
TSh. 736
. do thaobh
a ghlún ngeineamhna `by virtue of his ancestry,'
TD 31.12
.
Cf.
TTebe 4868
.
(b)
generative power ; growth, production :
a uirghi cle ...
is uaithi ata in geinemhain,
Laws iii 354.19
.
fāsaidh as in
grān sin ... an geineamhain nadurtha da bhi a cumhachtaib
... don taib astid,
Ir. Astr. Tr. 156.24
(
ITS xiv
).
nemgenemain ceól,
LU 701
(
ACC 36
). As vn. :
nócha n-adha ní do
geineamhain o neoch isin ní na bronnann sé,
O'D. 661
(
H 3.17, c.492a
).
ré grás Dé do gheineamhain 'na chroidhe,
TSh. 8696
.
sgáoi d'orcaibh ... ag geinemhain,
IGT Decl.
ex. 331.
(c) Abst. for concrete
race, progeny :
combáig ... trenfher
in genemna Ádaim,
TTr. 1350
(
LL 235a28
).
(d)
source, fountain-head (of waters) :
mar a raibh
gineamhuin na n-uisgeadh,
2 Kings ii 21.
(e)
semen virile : tri tighi na genemna, per inspissationem
spermatis,
Irish Texts v 60.20
.