gait

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English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English gate (“way”), from Old Norse gata (“road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. Compare gate.

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

  1. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving on legs.
    Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.
  2. (equestrianism) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.
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Verb

gait (third-person singular simple present gaits, present participle gaiting, simple past and past participle gaited)

  1. To teach a specific gait to a horse.

Etymology 2

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

  1. (UK, dialect) A sheaf of corn.
  2. (UK, dialect) A charge for pasturage.

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

gait

  1. (rare) Alternative form of gate (“way”)

Old Irish

Etymology

Matasović derives this from Proto-Celtic *gozdis, a variant of *gostis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger”). The irregular vowel change is a dissimilation from got (“stammering”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

gait f (genitive gaite, nominative plural gata)

  1. verbal noun of gataid: theft

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative gaitL gaitL gataH
Vocative gaitL gaitL gataH
Accusative gaitN gaitL gataH
Genitive gaiteH gaitL gaitN
Dative gaitL gataib gataib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
gait gait
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		ngait
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gazdo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 155

Further reading

Scots

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

  1. goat
  2. Alternative form of gate (“way”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

gait

  1. Soft mutation of cait.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cait gait nghait chait
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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