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Icelandic
Etymology
From English guy.
Pronunciation
Note the irregularity in the spelling: written <g> is normally /c/ before <æ>. This is due to it being a loan word.
Noun
gæi m (genitive singular gæja, nominative plural gæjar)
- (colloquial) a cool, tough guy, a dude
- Hann er svaka gæi. ― He's a very cool dude.
- (colloquial) a guy, a man, a dude
- Ég hitti einhvern gæja niðri í bæ áðan. ― I met some guy downtown earlier today.
- (colloquial) thingy, a tool, whatchamacallit
- Áttu svona gæja til að festa þetta sama? ― Do you have a tool to clamp this togehter?
Declension