gafa

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See also: gafá, gáfa, gafă, and Gafà

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from gafar.

Pronunciation

Noun

gafa f (plural gafes)

  1. (nautical) boathook, pike pole
    Synonym: botador
  2. gaff, grapple
  3. fastener, hook
  4. clothespin
    Synonyms: agulla d'estendre, agafanàs
  5. (construction) frame cramp
  6. (surgery) staple

Further reading

Galician

Verb

gafa

  1. inflection of gafar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Participle

gafa

  1. past participle of gabh

Adjective

gafa

  1. (chiefly in the negative, with the conditional of bí (“to be”)) arsed, bothered (showing enthusiasm)
    Ní bheinn gafa.
    I can't be bothered/arsed.

Mutation

Mutated forms of gafa
radical lenition eclipsis
gafa ghafa ngafa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 127

Old Spanish

Adjective

gafa

  1. feminine singular of gafo

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French gaffe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.fa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -afa
  • Syllabification: ga‧fa

Noun

gafa f

  1. blunder, faux pas
    Synonyms: faux pas, nietakt, wtopa, wpadka

Declension

Declension of gafa
singular plural
nominative gafa gafy
genitive gafy gaf
dative gafie gafom
accusative gafę gafy
instrumental gafą gafami
locative gafie gafach
vocative gafo gafy

Further reading

  • gafa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gafa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romagnol

Pronunciation

Adjective

gafa f

  1. feminine of gaf

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gaffer.

Verb

a gafa (third-person singular present gafează, past participle gafat) 1st conj.

  1. to make a gaffe, to mess up

Conjugation

    conjugation of gafa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a gafa
gerund gafând
past participle gafat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present gafez gafezi gafează gafăm gafați gafează
imperfect gafam gafai gafa gafam gafați gafau
simple perfect gafai gafași gafă gafarăm gafarăți gafară
pluperfect gafasem gafaseși gafase gafaserăm gafaserăți gafaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să gafez să gafezi să gafeze să gafăm să gafați să gafeze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative gafează gafați
negative nu gafa nu gafați

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡafa/
  • Rhymes: -afa
  • Syllabification: ga‧fa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Catalan gafa and this from gafar (“take, grab”).

Noun

gafa f (plural gafas)

  1. grapple
    Synonym: arpeo
  2. clamp
    Synonyms: mordaza, sargento, pinza
  3. (chiefly in the plural, chiefly Spain, Colombia, Dominican Republic) glasses, (formal) spectacles, (US) eyeglass
    Synonyms: (Latin America) lentes, (Latin America) anteojos, (Cuba, Puerto Rico) espejuelos

Etymology 2

Verb

gafa

  1. inflection of gafar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

West Makian

Pronunciation

Noun

gafa

  1. a crab

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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