geit

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch geit, from Old Dutch *geit, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɛi̯t/

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• Hyphenation: geit
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯t

Noun

geit f (plural geiten, diminutive geitje n)

1. goat, any member of the genus Capra
2. goat (Capra aegagrus) or the domesticated goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)
3. any female of the genus Capra or of the above (sub)species
4. (informal, mildly derogatory) a silly or foolish person, particularly said of girls or adolescent women

Derived terms

• berggeit
• geiten
• geitenbok
• geitenbreier
• geitenherder
• geitenhoorn
• geitenkaas
• geitenkeutel
• geitenmelk
• geitenmelker
• geitenneuker
• geitenpad
• hemelgeit
• klipgeit
• sneeuwgeit
• tikgeit
• typgeit
• vooruit met de geit

Descendants

• Afrikaans: geit

Anagrams

• giet

Faroese

geit

Etymology

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaiːt/

  Rhymes: -aiːt

Noun

geit f (genitive singular geitar, plural geitir)

1. goat

Declension

f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	geit	geitin	geitir	geitirnar
accusative	geit	geitina	geitir	geitirnar
dative	geit	geitini	geitum	geitunum
genitive	geitar	geitarinnar	geita	geitanna

Derived terms

• geitarbukkur
• geithavur
• geitarostur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ceiːt/

  Rhymes: -eiːt

Noun

geit f (genitive singular geitar, nominative plural geitur)

1. a goat

Declension

Declension of geit (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	geit	geitin	geitur	geiturnar
accusative	geit	geitina	geitur	geiturnar
dative	geit	geitinni	geitum	geitunum
genitive	geitar	geitarinnar	geita	geitanna

Derived terms

• geitamjólk
• geitaostur
• geithafur
• steingeit

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟɛtʲ/

Noun

geit f (genitive singular geite, nominative plural geiteanna)

1. a jump, a start

Declension

Declension of geit (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative geit geiteanna vocative a gheit a gheiteanna genitive geite geiteanna dative geit geiteanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an gheit na geiteanna genitive na geite na ngeiteanna dative leis an ngeit don gheit leis na geiteanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of geit

radical	lenition	eclipsis
geit	gheit	ngeit

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24

Middle English

Pronoun

geit

1. Alternative form of ȝit

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæɪ̯t/

Noun

geit f or m (definite singular geita or geiten, indefinite plural geiter, definite plural geitene)

1. a goat

Usage notes

• One of the nouns whose feminine form is predominant in formal writing.

Derived terms

• geitebukk

References

• “geit” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛɪːt/

Noun

geit f (definite singular geita, indefinite plural geiter, definite plural geitene)

1. a goat
2. teat, breast
3. a nickname for women

Declension

Declension of geit (strong consonant-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	geit	geita	geiter1	geitene1
compound-genitive	geite-	―	geite-	―

¹Plural with tonem 1, stemming from older one-syllable forms.

Landsmål declension of geit (strong consonant-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	geit	geiti	geiter1	geiterna1
dative	―	(geitenne)	―	geitom
compound-genitive	geitar-	―	geite-	―

¹Plural with tonem 1, stemming from older one-syllable forms.

Derived terms

• boargeit
• geitebukk

References

• “geit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaits (“goat”), likely from a substrate language.

Noun

geit f (genitive geitar, plural geitr)

1. a she-goat

Declension

Declension of geit (strong consonant stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	geit	geitin	geitr	geitrnar
accusative	geit	geitina	geitr	geitrnar
dative	geit	geitinni	geitum	geitunum
genitive	geitar	geitarinnar	geita	geitanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: geit
• Faroese: geit
• Norwegian Nynorsk: geit
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: geit
• Old Swedish: gēt, ᚵᚽᛏ
  • Swedish: get
• Old Danish: gēt
  • Danish: ged
    • Norwegian Bokmål: gjet (obsolete)
• Elfdalian: djiet
• Gutnish: gait

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “geit”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *gāt, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits.

Cognate with Dutch geit, English goat, German Geiß.

Pronunciation

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /ɡai̯t/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /ɡɛi̯t/

Noun

geit c (plural geiten, diminutive geitsje)

1. goat

Further reading

• “geit”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011