geit

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Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch geit, from Old Dutch *geit, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɛi̯t/
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  • Hyphenation: geit
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯t

Noun

geit f (plural geiten, diminutive geitje n)

  1. goat, any member of the genus Capra
  2. goat (Capra aegagrus) or the domesticated goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)
  3. Any female of the genus Capra or of the above (sub)species.
  4. (informal, mildly derogatory) A silly or foolish person, particularly said of girls or adolescent women.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: geit

Anagrams

Faroese

geit

Etymology

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

Noun

geit f (genitive singular geitar, plural geitir)

  1. goat

Declension

Declension of geit
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative geit geitin geitir geitirnar
accusative geit geitina geitir geitirnar
dative geit geitini geitum geitunum
genitive geitar geitarinnar geita geitanna

Derived terms

Icelandic

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Etymology

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

Noun

geit f (genitive singular geitar, nominative plural geitur)

  1. a goat

Declension

declension of geit
f-s3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative geit geitin geitur geiturnar
accusative geit geitina geitur geiturnar
dative geit geitinni geitum geitunum
genitive geitar geitarinnar geita geitanna

Derived terms

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

geit f (genitive singular geite, nominative plural geiteanna)

  1. a jump, a start

Declension

Declension of geit

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative geit geiteanna
Vocative a gheit a gheiteanna
Genitive geite geiteanna
Dative geit geiteanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gheit na geiteanna
Genitive na geite na ngeiteanna
Dative leis an ngeit

don gheit

leis na geiteanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
geit gheit ngeit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Middle English

Pronoun

geit

  1. Alternative form of ȝit

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

Noun

geit f or m (definite singular geita or geiten, indefinite plural geiter, definite plural geitene)

  1. a goat

Usage notes

  • One of the nouns whose feminine form is predominant in formal writing.

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

Noun

geit f (definite singular geita, indefinite plural geiter, definite plural geitene)

  1. a goat
  2. teat, breast
  3. a nickname for women

Declension

  Declension of geit (strong consonant-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative geit geita geiter1 geitene1
compound-genitive geite- ― geite- ―
1Plural with tonem 1, stemming from older one-syllable forms.
  Landsmål declension of geit (strong consonant-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative geit geiti geiter1 geiterna1
dative ― (geitenne) ― geitom
compound-genitive geitar- ― geite- ―
1Plural with tonem 1, stemming from older one-syllable forms.

Derived terms

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaits (“goat”), likely from a substrate language.

Noun

geit f (genitive geitar, plural geitr)

  1. a she-goat

Declension

  Declension of geit (strong consonant stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative geit geitin geitr geitrnar
accusative geit geitina geitr geitrnar
dative geit geitinni geitum geitunum
genitive geitar geitarinnar geita geitanna

Descendants

References

  • “geit”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *gāt, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits.

Pronunciation

Noun

geit c (plural geiten, diminutive geitsje)

  1. goat

Further reading

  • “geit”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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