DutchEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɣɛi̯t/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: geit
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯t

NounEdit

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.

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Afrikaans: geit

AnagramsEdit

FaroeseEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

geit f (genitive singular geitar, plural geitir)

  1. goat

DeclensionEdit

Declension of geit
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 termsEdit

IcelandicEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

geit f (genitive singular geitar, nominative plural geitur)

  1. a goat

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

IrishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

geit f (genitive singular geite, nominative plural geiteanna)

  1. a jump, a start

DeclensionEdit

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
geit gheit ngeit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

Middle EnglishEdit

PronounEdit

geit

  1. Alternative form of ȝit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. a goat

Usage notesEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

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

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

geit f (genitive geitar, plural geitr)

  1. a she-goat

DeclensionEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • geit”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

West FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

geit c (plural geiten, diminutive geitsje)

  1. goat

Further readingEdit

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