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Irish (Donegal)

/ˈɟɪnʲ/

noun
Definitions
  • begetting, birth
  • fetus
  • offspring, child, person
  • generating source

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish gainithir (is born) inherited from Proto-Celtic *ganyetor inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear), *ǵenh₁- (produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵenh₁-

Gloss

produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

産

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