-gena

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Latin

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Etymology

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From gigno (bear, beget, engender) +‎ -a (suffix forming agent nouns). Compare the variant -genus.

Suffix

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-gena (genitive -genae); first-declension suffix (masculine and neuter forms identical to feminine forms)

  1. born from, sprung from

Declension

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First-declension adjective (masculine and neuter forms identical to feminine forms).

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative -gena -genae -gena
genitive -genae -genārum
dative -genae -genīs
accusative -genam -gena -genās -gena
ablative -genā -genīs
vocative -gena -genae -gena

Derived terms

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-gena

  1. genitive plural of -ga