genta

See also: Genta

English

Noun

genta

  1. (medicine, colloquial) Gentamicin.

Anagrams

Faroese
Ingálvur av Reyni: Genta (girl), 1986, 80x65 cm

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛn̥ta/ [1]
  • (some speakers in Suðuroy) IPA(key): /ˈjɛn̥ta/

Noun

genta f (genitive singular gentu, plural gentur)

  1. girl
  2. young woman
  3. maid
  4. daughter

Declension

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References
  1. Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages) (in English), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 116

Indonesian

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Sanskrit घण्टा (ghaṇṭā, “bell”). Compare Hindi घंटा (ghaṇṭā) / Urdu گَھنْٹَہ‎ (ghanṭa) and Punjabi گَھنْٹا‎ (ghanṭā) / ਘੰਟਾ (ghaṇṭā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡənta/
  • Hyphenation: gên‧ta

Noun

gênta

  1. bell
    Synonyms: bel, lonceng

Derived terms
  • menggenta

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

genta f (genitive gentu)

  1. girl, lass

Declension
  Declension of genta (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) gentan gentur genturnar
accusative gentu gentuna gentur genturnar
dative gentu gentunni gentum gentunum
genitive gentu gentunnar gentna gentnanna

Descendants
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gjenta, gjente, jente; (dialectal) ginte
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jente
  • Swedish: jänta; (dialectal) jent
  • Helsingian: genta

References
  • “genta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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