v Conjug. (1) In O.I. and gen. in Early Mid. Ir.
deponent. See
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 533
. Further : pres. ind. 3
s. genither
Laws iv 38.14
. rel.
genethar,
Corm. Y 1224
. pl.
geniter,
LU 3477
.
nad genetar
,
701
. fut. 3
s.
gignither,
Three Hom.
98
(LB). nochon gignethar
(s.l.),
AFM 472
.
gigne,
TBC-LL¹ 4015
.
gignidh,
Anecd. ii 8.23
. rel.
gignathar,
Ériu iii 137.20
.
gignis,
LL 380b47
.
gēntar,
ZCP viii 113.16
. pl. gignitir
RC xxvi 48.255
.
gentair,
LL 147a39
. (2) In Mid. and early
Mod. Ir. active forms with the stem gein (gen) are frequent.
See below. Further: pret. 1
s. (?)
geinsiu,
FB 22
(
LU 8287
) but see
ZCP xxiv 237
.
3
p.
rogeinset,
Rawl. 70a5
.
ro-genset,
PH 7060
.
do gheansadar,
Celtica xvi 75 § 3
. sec. fut. rel.
35
.
no genfed
,
LU 4261
. vn. 1 gein, q.v.
I Intrans.
(a)
comes to life, is born :
is hé Crist rogenir,
Wb. 11a17
.
corogenar sa ... triut su,
Ml. 44c11
. nogigne[d]
(gl. nascebatur),
Sg. 138b1
.
31a6
. annogenad (gl. nascente),
Enchir. Aug. Aug. 81b
(
ZCP vii 483.34
).
génair Patraicc i
Nemthur,
Hymns ii 1
;
vi 26
.
Rí rogenair imBetheil,
SR
7522
.
gigned i flaith Ochtauein,
7524
.
tuiregin ... .i. gein
ngenethár ┐ a dā chois riam,
Corm. Y 1224
.
in Tarso C.
ro-genir,
PH 1648
.
in berla i-n ro-genamar,
5380
.
as amram
rogénair,
Fél. Sept. 24
.
co rogentea-su in n-uair genemna
do ríg,
PRIA iii 546 § 7
(
LL 147a8
). géntair amal
turcu `they will breed like wild boars,'
550 § 32
.
rogēner co
ndechaid dochum neime,
BColm. 4.19
.
a comainm in lae
cétna geinfis in gein,
RC vi 175.57
.
cuirp na ndaine ... genit
┐ tusmitir,
xxv 252 § 37
.
mac gheinis inocht,
Anecd. ii 1.9
.
ōn lo ro ghenis a huigh,
Anecd. i 25.10
.
Tāilcend gignid 'na
ré,
ZCP xii 238.3
.
flaith fial ... nochon gignethair,
AFM i
472.16
.
Níor ghein úr eile mar í,
A. Ó Dálaigh ii 7
.
gur
ghein eo na dtrí dtobar,
Dán Dé xii 4
.
geintear piasda i
ndeilbh dhuine,
TD 4.26
. is procreated :
curo genir Abel mac
Adhaim eatura,
D IV 2, 42vb36
. Cf.
in mac gēntar ūatha ar
áen,
ZCP viii 113.16
. With prep. ó is born from, springs
from, descends from :
intan gainethar hon mathir,
Ml. 44a11
.
dun genim rongenair-som hua athir,
85b11
.
ó oínsíl rogénartar (leg. rogénatar ?) da macc de,
Wb. 4c12
.
SG 84.1
(
LU 4261
).
Críst ó Mairi ... gēnair,
Fél. Dec. 25
.
na huli
chenela ro-genset o thri maccu Noe,
PH 7060
.
cia ór' genis,
RC xxiii 406 § 16
.
mormenma na fer mor or-geinis,
TTebe
1114
.
Breathnaigh uile ... uaidh ... rogheinsiodar,
Keat. i
186.23
(poem). With de :
Ionan ... dia roghenedar Greic,
Auraic. 176.
(b) With extension of meaning : is produced, is derived,
is formed, arises, originates :
nicon gainedar (sic leg.) ní ó
thucidib écsamlib,
Thes. ii 5.30
(
Acr. 12b
)
inna ṅdobriathar
... huaṅgainetar comparaiti,
Sg. 39a26
. ranic maige mós nad
genetar ciuil (Amra CC.) with gl.
.i. inid bes nemgenemain
ceol sed sunt semper in se,
RC xx 174 § 36
(
LU 701
).
genithir
tri coire in cach duine,
Anecd. v 24.5
. fo miad grian genither
`according to the size of the land it (i.e. the cumal) is produced,'
Laws iv 38.14
(`the land is graded (?),'
Stud. in E. Ir. Law
143
).
it ē ... fodlai genethar ó ainmnit,
ZCP iii 25.9
.
ib.
23
.
Is si tra cland gainethar on dualaich so,
Ériu vii 138.12
;
160.19
;
164.29
;
174.5
.
fuacht a n-agaidh gignithir,
Ériu vii
197 x
; `cold will spring up in one's face,'
ib. 5.9
.
gignithir
breo a muig Breg,
LB 220 (marg. inf.)
.
in cu hoband ro-gein in rédlu?,
PH 6977
. in ball-sin in ro-gein in galar the
member in which the disease originated,
4225
.
an bás do ghein
a truailleadh an chraois,
TSh. 2487
.
an céolchuire fár ghin
goimh,
Gleanings from Irish manuscripts 14 § 2
.
ge ra gin coll cana Cathaeir,
Ériu
x 83 § 64
. Of a tree, wood, lake, river, etc.
springs up, springs
forth :
as innte (i.e. san oidhche sin) ro-ghenisiod crainn
thoraidh tré thalmhain i n-Eirinn,
ML 94.21
;
96.12
.
Eo
Mugna ... rogein a talmain,
Ériu x 82 § 55
. nir genar fiodh
ann riam `no tree ever grew there,'
CS 8.5
.
genid buindi asin
talmain,
ZCP xiii 26.11
.
genid tipra and,
Metr. Dinds. iii
326.35
.
loch geinfes a sruthar na Slaine,
RC xv 429 § 6
(
Dinds. 40
).
II Trans. and active (a later usage).
(a)
begets, procreates :
(Crist) mar nar geineadh e fein o einneach is mar sin nar
gein se nech,
ITS xix 54.19
,
20
.
an fheis ... dār geined
Bē-binn,
ZCP xiii 18.27
.
go raibhe Z. balbh an tan do
geineadh Eóin leis,
TSh. 8692
.
Eíst red athair, noch do ghin
thú,
Proverbs xxiii 22
.
an té ghineas amadán,
xvii 21
.
níor
geineadh, ní geinfidhear ... a samhail,
TD 7.8
.
(b)
conceives :
as annsan oidhce cetna sin do geinedh an
nech naomhtha ... i mbroinn a mhathar,
BNnÉ 190.21
.
(c)
produces, brings into being :
cosnam Gaileoin gignis fích,
LL 380b47
.
geinter balsamum anorach uadha,
Marco P.
§ 43
.
genid na neithi millsi tochus ┐ bruth,
Irish Texts v
80.2
.
na biada genes fuil derg,
80.36
. geinter ... nesgóid ó'n
gerradh sin (= quibus ... apostemata gignuntur),
O'Gr. Cat.
272.14
.
an tan chríochnuighthear an peacadh, geinidh sé an
bás,
TSh. 1496
.
mar gheinter iómháigh ó dhuine ag féchain
a sgathán,
Ó Héodhusa 22.
III pret. 3
s. (3
p. occurs once in
Ml. 90b12
) is used with
mad- (later ma-, mu-, mo-, mon-) as a stereotyped phrase in
sense
blessed (fortunate, happy) is. For exx. and usage see
mad- (a weakened form of maith).