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ge

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian гэ (gɛ).

Noun

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ge (plural ges)

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Г / г.

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Basque

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Noun

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ge inan

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Declension

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Declension of ge (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive ge gea geak
ergative gek geak geek
dative geri geari geei
genitive geren gearen geen
comitative gerekin gearekin geekin
causative gerengatik gearengatik geengatik
benefactive gerentzat gearentzat geentzat
instrumental gez geaz geez
inessive getan gean geetan
locative getako geko geetako
allative getara gera geetara
terminative getaraino geraino geetaraino
directive getarantz gerantz geetarantz
destinative getarako gerako geetarako
ablative getatik getik geetatik
partitive gerik — —
prolative getzat — —

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Catalan

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Noun

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ge f (plural ges)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Cebuano

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Interjection

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ge

  1. (informal) Short for sige.

Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣə/
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Pronoun

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ge

  1. (dialectal, colloquial) unstressed form of gij: you
    Da ge bedankt zeet da witte!
    You know I'm thankful!

Usage notes

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See usage notes at gij

Declension

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Dutch personal pronouns
subject object possessive reflexive genitive5
singular full unstr. full unstr. full unstr. pred.
1st person ik 'k1 mij me mijn m'n1 mijne me mijner, mijns
2nd person jij je jou je jouw je jouwe je jouwer, jouws
2nd person archaic or regiolectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe u, zich7 uwer, uws
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine zij ze haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 hare zich harer, haars
3rd person neuter het 't1 het 't1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
plural
1st person wij we ons – ons, onze2 – onze ons onzer, onzes
2nd person jullie je jullie je jullie je – je –
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe u, zich7 uwer, uws
3rd person zij ze hen3, hun4 ze hun – hunne zich hunner, huns
1) Not as common in written language.
2) Inflected as an adjective.
3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative).
4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative).
5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions.
6) To differentiate from the singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people"). 		7) Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.'

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East Central German

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Etymology

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Old High German io.

Adverb

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ge

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) ever
    von ge har
    ever since
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) per
  3. (Erzgebirgisch) the

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  • Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 39

Emilian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡe/
  • Hyphenation: ge

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  • Becomes g’ before a vowel (proclitic).
A g’andám edmān. ― We go there tomorrow.
La g’à parlê. ― She talked to them.
  • Becomes -eg when acting as an enclitic (after a consonant).
J-eg vān edmān. ― They go there tomorrow. (imperative, singular)
J-eg dān da fêr. ― They give her trouble.
  • Becomes -g when acting as an enclitic (after a vowel).
A-g vag edmān. ― I’m going there tomorrow. (imperative, plural)
A-g pôrt di munjêgi. ― I bring him some apricots.

Etymology 1

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From Latin illī (nominative plural and dative singular of ille). Cognate with Catalan li and Italian gli.

Pronoun

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ge (personal, dative case)

  1. him, to him
    Al ge xîva njînta.
    He wasn’t saying anything to him.
  2. her, to her
  3. them, to them
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Emilian personal pronouns (strong forms)
Number Person Gender Disjunctive
(tonic) 		Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct complement) 		Dative
(indirect complement) 		Reflexive
(-self) 		Comitative
(with)
Singular First — mè a me mêg
Second — tè et te têg
Third Masculine ló al ge se sêg
Feminine lê la
Plural First Masculine nuēter a se nōsk
Feminine nuētri
Second Masculine vuēter a ve vōsk
Feminine vuētri
Third Masculine lôr i ge se sêg
Feminine el li

Etymology 2

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From Latin hīc (“here”). Cognate with Catalan hi, French y, Italian ci.

Pronoun

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ge (adverbial, locative case)

  1. here, in here
  2. there, in there
    Al ge màt dèinter dl’akwa.
    He puts water in there.

Faroese

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Noun

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ge n (genitive singular ges, plural ge)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Declension

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n4 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ge geið ge geini
accusative ge geið ge geini
dative ge, gei genum geum geunum
genitive ges gesins gea geanna

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Ido

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Etymology

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From g +‎ -e.

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Noun

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ge (plural ge-i)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter G/g.

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch gee.

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Noun

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gé (plural ge-ge)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

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  • ji (Standard Malay)

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Japanese

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Romanization

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ge

  1. The hiragana syllable げ (ge) or the katakana syllable ゲ (ge) in Hepburn romanization.

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gē f (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter G.

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References

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  • “ge”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1]
  • “ge”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Mandarin

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Romanization

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ge (ge5 / ge0, Zhuyin ˙ㄍㄜ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 個 / 个

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ge

  1. Nonstandard spelling of gē.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of gé.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of gě.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of gè.
  5. Nonstandard spelling of gê̄.

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mapudungun

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A human eye

Noun

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ge (Raguileo spelling)

  1. (anatomy) eye
  2. sight, the ability to see.

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  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Pronoun

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ge

  1. Alternative form of ye (“you”)

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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ge

  1. Alternative form of heo (“she”)

Nupe

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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ge

  1. to be good
    U ge à ― It's not good

Derived terms

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  • gige (“goodness; being good”)
  • ège (“goodness”)

Occitan

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Noun

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ge f (plural ges)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Ojibwe

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

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ge

  1. as for
  2. also, too, and

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Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from *jīz, an early variation of Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs.

Cognates

Cognate with Old Frisian jī, Old Saxon gi, Dutch gij, Old High German ir (German ihr), Old Norse ér (Swedish I, later ni), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐍃 (jus). The Indo-European root is also the source of Albanian ju, Proto-Baltic *ju- (Lithuanian jūs), Tocharian A yas, Tocharian B yes.

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Pronoun

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ġē (West Saxon, Anglian)

  1. you (plural): nominative plural of þū
Declension
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Old English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive
singular first person iċ mē, mec mē mīn
second person þū þē, þec þē þīn
third person neuter hit him his
masculine hē hine
feminine hēo hīe hire
dual first person wit unc, uncit unc uncer
second person ġit inc, incit inc incer
plural first person wē ūs, ūsiċ ūs ūre, ūser
second person ġē ēow, ēowiċ ēow ēower
third person hīe him heora
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *jahw, from *ja + *-hw.

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Conjunction

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ġe

  1. and; often doubled as ġe... ġe... ("both... and...")
    • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
      Gyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?
      If then it ever happen that thou shalt find thyself full whole and full strong, and hast all thy friends with thee, both in mind and in body, and in that same work and in that same will which pleaseth thee best to do, wilt thou then be happy at all?
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Old French

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ge

  1. Alternative form of je

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin illī.

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Pronoun

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ge

  1. to her, to it, or to him

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  • Spanish: se

Rawa

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Pronoun

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ge

  1. you

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Romagnol

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Noun

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ge m or f (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cía (“although”). Cognate with Irish cé.

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ge

  1. (dated) although

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxe/ [ˈxe]
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  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: ge

Etymology 1

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Noun

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ge f (plural ges)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Etymology 2

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Latin illī; akin to Portuguese lhe, Italian gli.

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ge

  1. Obsolete form of se (as a dative pronoun)

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Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Probably from Ewe gē (“belch”).[1]

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ge

  1. to belch, to burp

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  1. ^ Norval Smith (2009) “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 467.

Sumerian

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Romanization

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ge

  1. Romanization of 𒄀 (ge)

Swedish

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Etymology

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Apocopic form of giva, with umlaut, from Old Swedish giva, gæva, from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰab(ʰ)-. Compare Old English giefan (whence English give).

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Verb

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ge (present ger, preterite gav, supine gett, imperative ge)

  1. to give
    Synonym: giva (dated)
    • 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Book of Matthew, 25:42
      Ty iagh war hungrogh / och j gåffuen migh icke äta. Jagh war torstigh / och j gåffuen migh icke dricka.
      (pre-1906 spelling) Ty jag var hungrig, och I gåfven mig icke äta; jag var törstig, och I gåfven mig icke dricka.
      For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink.
  2. (reflexive) to give up, to surrender, to quit
  3. to give (to exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield)

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  • The older full conjugation (giva, giver) is complete with present and past participles. The short conjugation (ge, ger) does not provide acceptable forms for participles (*geende, *gedd), but is now the preferred and dominating choice for other cases (ge, ger, gett).

Conjugation

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Conjugation of ge (class 5 strong)
active passive
infinitive ge ges
supine gett getts
imperative ge —
imper. plural1 gen —
present past present past
indicative ger gav ges gavs
ind. plural1 ge gåvo ges gåvos
subjunctive2 ge gåve ges gåves
present participle givande
past participle given

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of giva (class 5 strong, older)
active passive
infinitive giva givas
supine givit givits
imperative giv —
imper. plural1 given —
present past present past
indicative giver gav givs, gives gavs
ind. plural1 giva gåvo givas gåvos
subjunctive2 give gåve gives gåves
present participle givande
past participle given

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of gifva (class 5 strong, obsolete spelling, used before 1906)
active passive
infinitive gifva gifvas
supine gifvit gifvits
imperative gif —
imper. plural1 gifven —
present past present past
indicative gifver gaf gifs, gifves gafs
ind. plural1 gifva gåfvo gifvas gåfvos
subjunctive2 gifve gåfve gifves gåfves
present participle gifvande
past participle gifven

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Interjection

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ge (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒ)

  1. Clipping of sige.
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish ge, the Spanish name of the letter G/g.

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ge (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒ)

  1. (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter G/g, in the Abecedario
    Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) dyi, (in the Abakada alphabet) ga
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Ternate

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Determiner

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ge

  1. (distal) that, those
    namo ge ― that chicken

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ge

  1. (demonstrative) this
    ngori tomau ge ― I want that
    ge foke ― that is a cockroach

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

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Pronunciation

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ge (definite accusative geyi, plural geler)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

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Unlike ke, which also has a "hard" and "soft" variant, the pronunciation /gɑ/ virtually doesn't exist and /ɟe/ is universal.

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Turkmen

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Noun

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ge (definite accusative geni, plural geler)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

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Yoruba

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gé

  1. (transitive) to cut something; especially using a tool
    Synonym: ké
  2. to segment into parts
    mo gé e wẹ́lẹ́-wẹ́lẹ́ ― I segmented it into small pieces
  3. (stative, intransitive) to become cut, snapped, or broken
    Synonym: ké

Derived terms

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  • ègé (“piece, segment, cutting”)
  • ìgé (“the act of slicing”)

Zaghawa

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Verb

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ge

  1. sleep

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