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Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit

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 edit

Noun edit

gait (plural gaits)

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

Anagrams edit

Middle English edit

Noun edit

gait

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

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

gait f (genitive gaite, nominative plural gata)

  1. verbal noun of gataid: theft

Inflection edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

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Scots edit

Noun edit

gait (plural gaits)

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

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

gait

  1. Soft mutation of cait.

Mutation edit

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.