genesis

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin genesis (“generation, nativity”), from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source, beginning”). Related to Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be produced, become, be”). Doublet of kind, gens, and jati. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/ (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪn.ə.sɪs/ Rhymes: -ɛnəsɪs Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧sis === Noun === genesis (plural geneses) The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “genesis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “genesis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Geisens, Giesens, seeings, signees == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source, beginning, nativity, generation, production, creation”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ɡeˈnesis/ [ɡeˈne.sɪs] Rhymes: -esis Syllabification: ge‧ne‧sis === Noun === genesis (plural genesis-genesis) genesis: the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being === Further reading === “genesis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek γένεσῐς (génesĭs, “origin, source, beginning, nativity, generation, production, creation”) === Noun === genesis f (genitive genesis); third declension generation, creation, nativity birth ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== Descendants ==== All borrowed. → Catalan: gènesi (learned) → Dutch: genese (learned)→ Indonesian: genesa → English: genesis (learned) → French: genèse (semi-learned) → Italian: genesi (learned) → Spanish: génesis (learned) → Norwegian Bokmål: genesis, genese (learned) → Norwegian Nynorsk: genesis, genese (learned) → Polish: geneza (learned) → Turkish: genez (learned) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin, creation, beginning”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (“birth, production”), from *ǵenh₁-. === Noun === genesis m (definite singular genesisen, indefinite plural genesisar, definite plural genesisane) creation, genesis, origin === References === “genesis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.