gelding
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English geldyng (“eunuch”), from Old Norse geldingr (“wether, eunuch”), from gelda (“to castrate”). By surface analysis, geld (“to castrate”) + -ing (diminutive suffix).
Noun edit
gelding (plural geldings)
Translations edit
castrated male horse
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castrated male animal
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Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
gelding
- present participle and gerund of geld
Anagrams edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From gelda (“to geld, to castrate”) + -ing (“-ing”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gelding f (genitive singular geldingar, nominative plural geldingar)
Declension edit
declension of gelding
f-s1 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | gelding | geldingin | geldingar | geldingarnar |
accusative | geldingu | geldinguna | geldingar | geldingarnar |
dative | geldingu | geldingunni | geldingum | geldingunum |
genitive | geldingar | geldingarinnar | geldinga | geldinganna |