geit
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch geit, from Old Dutch *geit, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgeit f (plural geiten, diminutive geitje n)
- goat, any member of the genus Capra
- goat (Capra aegagrus) or the domesticated goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)
- any female of the genus Capra or of the above (sub)species
- (informal, mildly derogatory) a silly or foolish person, particularly said of girls or adolescent women
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: geit
Anagrams
editFaroese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgeit f (genitive singular geitar, plural geitir)
Declension
editf2 | singular | plural | ||
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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
editIcelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgeit f (genitive singular geitar, nominative plural geitur)
- a goat
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
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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
editIrish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgeit f (genitive singular geite, nominative plural geiteanna)
Declension
edit
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Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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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
edit- 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
editPronoun
editgeit
- Alternative form of ȝit
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgeit f or m (definite singular geita or geiten, indefinite plural geiter, definite plural geitene)
- a goat
Usage notes
edit- One of the nouns whose feminine form is predominant in formal writing.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “geit” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgeit f (definite singular geita, indefinite plural geiter, definite plural geitene)
Declension
editfeminine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative-accusative | geit | geita | geiter1 | geitene1 |
compound-genitive | geite- | ― | geite- | ― |
1Plural with tonem 1, stemming from older one-syllable forms.
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
editReferences
edit- “geit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *gaits (“goat”), likely from a substrate language.
Noun
editgeit f (genitive geitar, plural geitr)
- a she-goat
Declension
editfeminine | 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
edit- Icelandic: geit
- Faroese: geit
- Norwegian Nynorsk: geit
- → Norwegian Bokmål: geit
- Old Swedish: gēt, ᚵᚽᛏ
- Swedish: get
- Old Danish: gēt
- Elfdalian: djiet
- Gutnish: gait
Further reading
edit- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “geit”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
West Frisian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Frisian *gāt, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits.
Cognate with Dutch geit, English goat, German Geiß.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgeit c (plural geiten, diminutive geitsje)
Further reading
edit- “geit”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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