Femminile

gena

Senso

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sinonimi

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(Inglese)

(declension-1, feminine) cheek
(declension-1, feminine) eye socket
(declension-1, feminine, rare) eye or eyelid

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈɡɛ.na]

From Proto-Italic *genā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus (“chin, jaw, cheek”). The declension was most likely changed to avoid confusion with genus. Cognates include Ancient Greek γένυς (génus), Sanskrit हनु (hánu), Persian چانه (čâne), Tocharian A śanweṃ, Old Armenian ծնաւտ (cnawt), Lithuanian žandas, Welsh gen, and Old English ċinn (English chin).