Wiktionary

ge

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ge"

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian гэ (gɛ).

Noun edit

ge (plural ges)

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

Basque edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ge inan

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

Declension edit

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 — —

See also edit

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ge f (plural ges)

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

Cebuano edit

Interjection edit

ge

  1. (informal) Short for sige.

Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɣə/
  • Audio(file)

Pronoun edit

ge

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

Usage notes edit

See usage notes at gij

Inflection edit

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 zich 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 zich 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, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural.

Anagrams edit

East Central German edit

Etymology edit

Old High German io.

Adverb edit

ge

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

Further reading edit

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

Emilian edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Alternative forms edit

  • 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 edit

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

Pronoun edit

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
Related terms edit
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 edit

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

Pronoun edit

ge (adverbial, locative case)

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

Faroese edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ge n (genitive singular ges, plural ge)

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

Declension edit

Declension of ge
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

See also edit

Ido edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ge (plural ge-i)

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

See also edit

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch gee.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gé

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

Synonyms edit

  • ji (Standard Malay)

See also edit

Further reading edit

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

ge

  1. Rōmaji transcription of げ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ゲ

Lashi edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ge

  1. good

References edit

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gē f (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter G.

Coordinate terms edit

References edit

  • “ge”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎[2]
  • “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 edit

Romanization edit

ge (ge5／ge0, Zhuyin ˙ㄍㄜ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 個／个

Romanization edit

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.

Usage notes edit

  • 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 edit

 
A human eye

Noun edit

ge (Raguileo spelling)

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

References edit

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

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronoun edit

ge

  1. Alternative form of ye (“you”)

Etymology 2 edit

Pronoun edit

ge

  1. Alternative form of heo (“she”)

Nupe edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ge

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

Derived terms edit

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

Occitan edit

Noun edit

ge f (plural ges)

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

Ojibwe edit

Etymology edit

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

Adverb edit

ge

  1. as for
  2. also, too, and

See also edit

References edit

Old English edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

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.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

ġē (West Saxon, Anglian)

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


Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

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?
Descendants edit

Old French edit

Pronoun edit

ge

  1. Alternative form of je

Old Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin illī.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

ge

  1. to her, to it, or to him

Descendants edit

  • Spanish: se

Rawa edit

Pronoun edit

ge

  1. you

References edit

Romagnol edit

Noun edit

ge m or f (invariable)

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

See also edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

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

Conjunction edit

ge

  1. (dated) although

Synonyms edit

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

ge f (plural ges)

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

Etymology 2 edit

Latin illī; akin to Portuguese lhe, Italian gli.

Pronoun edit

ge

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

Further reading edit

Sumerian edit

Romanization edit

ge

  1. Romanization of 𒄀 (ge)

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

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).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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)

Usage notes edit

  • 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 edit

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
Participles
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
Participles
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
Participles
Present participle gifvande
Past participle gifven
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms edit

References edit

Anagrams edit

Tagalog edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡe/, [ˈɡɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ge

Interjection edit

ge (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒ)

  1. Clipping of sige.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Spanish ge, the Spanish name of the letter G/g.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈhe/, [ˈhɛ]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation: ge

Noun edit

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
Alternative forms edit

Ternate edit

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

ge

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

Pronoun edit

ge

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

References edit

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

Turkish edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ge (definite accusative geyi, plural geler)

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

See also edit

Turkmen edit

Noun edit

ge (definite accusative geni, plural geler)

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

See also edit

Yoruba edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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 edit

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

Zaghawa edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ge

  1. sleep

References edit

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