genti

See also:gênti,andgenți

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gentifpl

1. pluralofgente

Anagrams

• tigne,tinge

Latin

Noun

gentī

1. dativesingularofgēns

Macanese

Alternative forms

• gente,(archaic)chente

Etymology

FromPortuguesegente.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

genti

1. people

   Nôs sãgentidi sorti porque já nacê na Macau.

   We are luckypeoplebecause we were born in Macau.

Derived terms

• tudo genti(“everyone”,literally“all people”)

Norman

Etymology

FromLatingentīlis,fromgēns(“Roman clan”),fromProto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ʒɑ̃ti/(Jersey)
• IPA^(key):/d͡ʒɑ̃ti/(Sark)

Adjective

gentim

1. (Jersey)nice

Old Irish

Etymology

FromLatingentēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈɡʲen͈ʲtʲi]

Noun

gentipl

1. Gentiles(non-Jews)
   • c.800,Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published inThesaurus Palaeohibernicus(reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb.5^c3

     ɔ·ríctar huiligentiꝉ drécht caich ceníuil

     till all the Gentiles are saved, or a portion of every nation

   • c.800,Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published inThesaurus Palaeohibernicus(reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb.7^a2

     is díimsa tairrchet ad·cichitisgentiper mé

     Of me it has been prophesied that the Gentiles will see by means of me.

2. heathens,pagans

Declension

Masculine i-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	—	—	gentiH
Vocative	—	—	gentiH
Accusative	—	—	gentiH
Genitive	—	—	genteN
Dative	—	—	gentib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H= triggers aspiration L= triggers lenition N= triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish:ginte

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
genti	genti pronounced with/ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngenti
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “genti”,ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Portuguese

Noun

gentif(pluralgentis)

1. Eye dialectspelling ofgente,representingBrazilPortuguese.

Sicilian

Noun

gentif

1. people