n
n. neut., later f. n
s.
gein n-im[m]arbaga,
BDD 106
.
gein n-angbaigh,
Anecd. i 65 § 131
.
gein engraicichthe,
Sg. 198b8
. g
s.
in gene,
Wb. 28c12
.
in mórgeine,
LU 4722
.
d
s.
geinim,
Ml. 59a12
;
85b11
.
genim,
Ériu ii 222.27
. n
p.
na geine
,
Trip.² 950
.
gene,
Fél. Feb. 26
. Vn. of gainithir.
(a) In abstract sense
birth
(as beginning of life, distinguished
fr. `compert' conception, `breth' parturition): g
ein maicc
hua athair,
Ml. 85b11
.
a gein iar ndoinacht,
17d10
.
foraithmet gene Crist,
Thes. ii 253.4
(St. Missal). amlabar ... ho
geinim dumb from birth,
Ml. 59a12
.
a chompert-som ┐ a gein,
RC ix 452.8
(
LU 1648
).
maircc do ghein do gheineamain,
xxxvii 345.4
.
o gein tuissech Etaini,
IT i 131.9
.
for óenlíth
... gene Tarcellorum,
Fél. Feb. 26
.
sollamain na gene coimdeta,
PH 6923
. mac oen-geni
only-begotten
,
PH 2086
. a
mac prim-geni
first-born
,
6917
.
tusmiudh aicenta geine .i.
mac sceo ingean o mnai,
Auraic. 626
. a gein ón óig cen dith
n-óige i m-breith (of Christ),
Ériu ii 198.18
. Specifically of
the Nativity:
i n-aidchi in gene,
Wb. 28c12
.
iar naifreann
na geine,
BNnÉ 108 § 35
.
hi bliadhain na geine,
RC xviii
380.14
(Tig.). With cognate verb,
dun genim rongenairsom,
Ml. 85b11
.
Fig. origin (of things or actions): gein engraicichthe (= origo substitutionis),
Sg. 198b8
, cf.
origenistum
.i. bunadgein,
181a4
. iss ed gein n-im[m]arbaga fil la firu
Herend a source of contention,
BDD 106.
(b) the act of procreation: in crand fa rabadur ac denum na
gene (of Adam and Eve),
D IV 2 42vb43
.
(c) In concrete sense that which is born, an infant, a person
(esp. common in poetry): ní segar baithis acht menip
dóig bes marb in gein when it is thought the infant will die,
Ériu ii 208.z
.
rogénair in gein,
iv 138.7
.
ni rubai for talmain
gein bad gáithiu,
24 § 10
.
na gigne gein gabas gnimrada
cutrumma ... rut-sa,
TBC-LL¹ 4015
.
maith tra in gen ro compred
and .i. Áed Slane,
LU 4263
.
maith a ṅgein con-compred and .i. Fíacha Mulletha(i)n mac Éogain,
CMMucr. 50 § 41
.
la hAilill gein ṁbúada,
Fél. Prol. 178
. in
gein ba huallchu fo nim the being that was proudest under
heaven,
Metr. Dinds. ii 36.12
.
ba garg in gein ... ingen
Rotmand,
iii 160.1
.
do imgabāil in mōrgene | immadich
Mag Muirthemne,
TBC-I¹ 240
.
nach bí gein ag gabháil a
n-oighreachta dá n-éis,
TSh. 4305
.
ro tusmit geni torotharda
imda isin Roim,
CCath. 891
. With defining gen.:
rucustar
gein meic,
Acall. 544
.
gein mhínaluinn ... mic,
Ériu v 80.30
.
Of the foetus:
in gein fil it brú,
Trip. 78.24
.
adroethuig ...
in n-gein bui ina bruinn,
IT i 139.29
.
dá fuirghe do ghein
gan a breith,
SG 18.28
.
marbhad a geine,
Laws i 180.12
Comm.
Transf. of a pupil or disciple (?):
gen[e] .i. deíscipuil,
ut est saeru mo gene maoi,
O'Dav. 1034.
(d) Gramm.
(1) Used of shared parts or properties of a lánamain deme
(two non-neuter nouns which are themselves the parts or properties of a neuter noun):
it é sin na deme thepide ┐ na lánamna demi ┐ a ngeni-side 'these are the derived neuters and the pairs of a neuter and their derivations',
Auraic.² 49 § 3.14
.
almnæ ┐ ecsait lanamnai in gluini. cnaim ┐ feoil a ngeni-side,
Auraic. 1854
.
géin ón lanamain,
Auraic. 5080 (Trefhocul)
. See
Authorities and Adaptations 43-51.
(2) Used in the Auraicept of
Ogam accent signs, the three kinds `forsail,' `dinin disail'
and `arnin' being termed respectively `gein forchomélta,'
`gein decométa' and `gein frecométa (frithchometa),'
5006 seq.
See also geinddae and compds. of 4 prím- and óen.