genta

See also: Genta

English

Noun

genta

  1. (medicine, colloquial) Gentamicin.

Anagrams

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

Etymology

From Old Norse genta.

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
Declension of genta
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative genta gentan gentur genturnar
accusative gentu gentuna gentur genturnar
dative gentu gentuni gentum gentunum
genitive gentu gentunnar genta gentanna

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay genta (“bell”), 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 genta gentan gentur genturnar
accusative gentu gentuna gentur genturnar
dative gentu gentunni gentum gentunum
genitive gentu gentunnar gentna gentnanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: genta
  • Faroese: genta
  • 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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