gait
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English gate (“way”), from Old Norse gata (“road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. Compare gate.
Noun edit
gait (plural gaits)
- Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving on legs.
- Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.
- (equestrianism) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
manner of walking
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horse's way of moving
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Verb edit
gait (third-person singular simple present gaits, present participle gaiting, simple past and past participle gaited)
- To teach a specific gait to a horse.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
gait (plural gaits)
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
gait
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)
- verbal noun of gataid: theft
Inflection edit
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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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:
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Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*gazdo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 155
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scots edit
Noun edit
gait (plural gaits)
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gait
- Soft mutation of cait.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |