gnéas

gnéas

Irish

Etymology

Compare gné (“kind, race, type, nature”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɟnʲeːsˠ], [ɟɾʲeːsˠ]

Noun

gnéas m (genitive singular gnéis, nominative plural gnéasanna)

1. sex

Declension

Declension of gnéas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gnéas gnéasanna Vocative a ghnéis a ghnéasanna Genitive gnéis gnéasanna Dative gnéas gnéasanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gnéas na gnéasanna Genitive an ghnéis na ngnéasanna Dative leis an ngnéas don ghnéas leis na gnéasanna

Derived terms

• aonghnéasach (“unisexual”, adjective)
• déghnéasach (“bisexual; hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic”, adjective)
• déghnéasach m (“bisexual; hermaphrodite”)
• eitic ghnéis f (“sexual ethics”)
• galar gnéas-tarchurtha m (“sexually transmitted disease”)
• gnéasach (“sexual”, adjective)
• gnéasaigh (“sexualize”, verb)
• gnéas béil m (“oral sex”)
• gnéas tóna m (“anal sex”)
• heitrighnéasach (“heterosexual”, adjective)
• heitrighnéasach m (“heterosexual”)
• heitrighnéasacht f (“heterosexuality”)
• homaighnéasachas m, homaighnéasacht f (“homosexuality”)
• homaighnéasach (“homosexual”, adjective)
• homaighnéasach m (“homosexual”)
• ionfhabhtú gnéas-tarchurtha m (“sexually transmitted infection”)
• trasghnéasach m (“transsexual”)
• trasghnéasach (“transsexual”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gnéas	ghnéas	ngnéas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gnéas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “gnéas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “gnéas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “gnéas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN