English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛldɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛldɪŋ

Etymology 1

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From Middle English geldyng (eunuch), from Old Norse geldingr (wether, eunuch), from gelda (to castrate). By surface analysis, geld (to castrate) +‎ -ing (diminutive suffix).

Noun

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gelding (plural geldings)

  1. A castrated male horse.
    • 2003 January 8, Stuart Lavietes, “F. William Free, 74, Ad Man Behind 'Fly Me'”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      Mr. Free also owned restaurants and bred horses. His bay gelding, Packett's Landing, won almost $800,000 in his five-year career in the late 1980's and early 1990's.
  2. Any castrated male animal.
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Etymology 2

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From geld +‎ -ing.

Verb

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gelding

  1. present participle and gerund of geld

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From gelda (to geld, to castrate) +‎ -ing (-ing).

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Noun

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gelding f (genitive singular geldingar, nominative plural geldingar)

  1. castration, gelding

Declension

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Declension of gelding (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gelding geldingin geldingar geldingarnar
accusative geldingu geldinguna geldingar geldingarnar
dative geldingu geldingunni geldingum geldingunum
genitive geldingar geldingarinnar geldinga geldinganna
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