gá

Ashkun

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *gā́wā (whence Kamkata-viri gó, Prasuni gúṭu, Tregami gá, Waigali ga), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš (whence Sanskrit गो (gó), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊 (gao), Persian گاو (gâv)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (whence Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Russian говя́до (govjádo), English cow).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡá/

Noun

gá

1. cow

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• gigágá, gá-gá

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɡaː

Interjection

gá

1. honk (representation of the sound of a goose)
   • 1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert)‎:

     Gá! Gá! Gá! / Szalad világgá / Liba mama, ha a Csacsi / rábőg, hogy I-á!

     Honk! Honk! Honk! / Running far away / mama Goose, when the Donkey / brays at her Hee-haw!

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kauː/
• Rhymes: -auː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gá, from Proto-Germanic *ganhāną.

Verb

gá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gáði, supine gáð)

1. (intransitive) to look, to see, to check

Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

gá f (genitive singular gár, no plural)

1. care, caution

   Synonyms: aðgát, varúð

Declension

Derived terms

• gálaus (“careless”)
• gáleysi (“carelessness”)

Etymology 2

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

gá f (genitive singular gár, no plural)

1. bark, barking

   Synonyms: gjamm, gelt

Declension

Irish

Alternative forms

• gábh, gábhadh
• gádh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish gád (“danger, need”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡaː/

Noun

gá m (genitive singular gá)

1. need, requirement

   Ní gá duit imeacht.

   You don’t need to go; you don’t have to go.

   Ní gá dom glaoch orthu.

   I don’t need to call them.

Declension

Synonyms

• (need): feidhm, gátar, riachtanas

Mutation

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gád”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gáḃaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 342
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 55

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• ga — nonstandard

Romanization

gá (ga², Zhuyin ㄍㄚˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 尜
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軋／轧
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 釒／钅
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錷
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 钄
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噶

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From geyja (“to bark”).

Noun

gá f

1. barking

Declension

References

• gá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ganhāną.

Noun

gá f

1. attention

Usage notes

Often in compounds, such as úgá or gáleysi

Verb

gá (singular past indicative gáði, plural past indicative gáðu, past participle gát)

1. to heed

   (with infinitive) (about verbs)

   (with genitive) (about nouns)

   • guðs hann gáði

     he gave heed to God

   • gá sín

     to take care of oneself

   • glýja þú né gáðir

     thou hadst no mind for joy

Conjugation

Descendants

• Icelandic: gá
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gå

References

• J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on gá.
• gá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Tregami

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *gā́wā (whence Ashkun gá, Kamkata-viri gó, Prasuni gúṭu, Waigali ga), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš (whence Sanskrit गो (gó), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊 (gao), Persian گاو (gâv)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (whence Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Russian говя́до (govjádo), English cow).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡá/

Noun

gá

1. cow