"גן" meaning in Hebrew

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Noun

IPA: /ɡan/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Buffer-גן.wav Forms: גַּן [canonical], gan [romanization], גַּנִּים [indefinite, plural], גַּן־ [construct, singular], גַּנֵּי־ [construct, plural]
Etymology: Probably a nominal from the same root as the Ancient Hebrew verb גָּנַן (“to defend, to protect”), and so having the etymological sense of "a protected thing". Compare Arabic جَنَّة (janna). Etymology templates: {{m|he|גָּנַן|t=to defend, to protect}} גָּנַן (“to defend, to protect”), {{cog|ar|جَنَّة}} Arabic جَنَّة (janna) Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=גַּן|g=m|pat=קֶטֶל|pl=גַּנִּים|plcons=גַּנֵּי|tr=gan|wv=גַּן}} גַּן • (gan) m (plural indefinite גַּנִּים, singular construct גַּן־, plural construct גַּנֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
  1. a garden Derived forms: גינה, גִּנָּה, גַּן בּוֹטָנִי, גַּן יְלָדִים, גַּן עֵדֶן, רָמַת גַּן (ramat gan) Related terms: גינן, גִּנֵּן, גַּנָּן
    Sense id: en-גן-he-noun-C770M4we Categories (other): Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɡɛn/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: גֶּן [canonical], gen [romanization], גֶּנִים [indefinite, plural], גֶּן־ [construct, singular]
Etymology: From German Gen. Accepted by the Academy of the Hebrew Language for similarity to the root ג־נ־ן (g-n-n), which forms words relating to gardening and kindergartens. The German term was coined by Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”) from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”). Etymology templates: {{bor|he|de|Gen}} German Gen, {{m|he|ג־נ־ן|tr=g-n-n}} ג־נ־ן (g-n-n), {{der|he|grc|γενεά||generation, descent}} Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”), {{m|grc|γίγνομαι||I come into being}} γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”) Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=גן|conswv=גֶּן|g=m|pl=גנים|plwv=גֶּנִים|tr=gen|wv=גֶּן}} גֶּן • (gen) m (plural indefinite גֶּנִים, singular construct גֶּן־)
  1. (genetics) a gene Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-גן-he-noun-ineyo5Ox Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant target parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant target parameters: 39 61 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 38 62 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for גן meaning in Hebrew (4.9kB)

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