gá
Ashkun edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nuristani *gā́wā (whence Kamkata-viri gó, Prasuni gúṭu, Tregami gá, Waigali ga), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš (whence Sanskrit गो (gó), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊 (gao), Persian گاو (gâv)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (whence Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Russian говя́до (govjádo), English cow).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gá
Hungarian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
An onomatopoeia.
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
gá
- honk (representation of the sound of a goose)
- 1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert)[1]:
- Gá! Gá! Gá! / Szalad világgá / Liba mama, ha a Csacsi / rábőg, hogy I-á!
- Honk! Honk! Honk! / Running far away / mama Goose, when the Donkey / brays at her Hee-haw!
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse gá, from Proto-Germanic *ganhāną.
Verb edit
gá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gáði, supine gáð)
- (intransitive) to look, to see, to check
Conjugation edit
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Noun edit
gá f (genitive singular gár, no plural)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Of onomatopoeic origin.
Noun edit
gá f (genitive singular gár, no plural)
Declension edit
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish gád (“danger, need”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gá m (genitive singular gá)
- need, requirement
- Ní gá duit imeacht.
- You don’t need to go; you don’t have to go.
- Ní gá dom glaoch orthu.
- I don’t need to call them.
Declension edit
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms edit
- (need): feidhm, gátar, riachtanas
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gá | ghá | ngá |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gád”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gáḃaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 342
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 55
Mandarin edit
Alternative forms edit
Romanization edit
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 尜
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軋/轧
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 釒/钅
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 钄
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噶
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From geyja (“to bark”).
Noun edit
gá f
Declension edit
References edit
- gá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *ganhāną.
Noun edit
gá f
Usage notes edit
Often in compounds, such as úgá or gáleysi
Verb edit
gá (singular past indicative gáði, plural past indicative gáðu, past participle gát)
- to heed
- (with infinitive) (about verbs)
- (with genitive) (about nouns)
- guðs hann gáði
- he gave heed to God
- gá sín
- to take care of oneself
- glýja þú né gáðir
- thou hadst no mind for joy
Conjugation edit
infinitive | gá | |
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present participle | gándi, gáandi | |
past participle | gáðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | gái | gáða |
2nd-person singular | gáir | gáðir |
3rd-person singular | gáir | gáði |
1st-person plural | gám | gáðum |
2nd-person plural | gáið | gáðuð |
3rd-person plural | gá | gáðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | gá | gæða |
2nd-person singular | gáir | gæðir |
3rd-person singular | gái | gæði |
1st-person plural | gáim | gæðim |
2nd-person plural | gáið | gæðið |
3rd-person plural | gái | gæði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | gá | |
1st-person plural | gám | |
2nd-person plural | gáið |
infinitive | gásk | |
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present participle | gándisk, gáandisk | |
past participle | gázk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | gámk | gáðumk |
2nd-person singular | gáisk | gáðisk |
3rd-person singular | gáisk | gáðisk |
1st-person plural | gámsk | gáðumsk |
2nd-person plural | gáizk | gáðuzk |
3rd-person plural | gásk | gáðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | gámk | gæðumk |
2nd-person singular | gáisk | gæðisk |
3rd-person singular | gáisk | gæðisk |
1st-person plural | gáimsk | gæðimsk |
2nd-person plural | gáizk | gæðizk |
3rd-person plural | gáisk | gæðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | gásk | |
1st-person plural | gámsk | |
2nd-person plural | gáizk |
Descendants edit
References edit
- J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on gá.
- gá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Tregami edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nuristani *gā́wā (whence Ashkun gá, Kamkata-viri gó, Prasuni gúṭu, Waigali ga), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš (whence Sanskrit गो (gó), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊 (gao), Persian گاو (gâv)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (whence Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Russian говя́до (govjádo), English cow).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gá