ger
Translingual edit
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ger
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Mongolian гэр (ger)/ᠭᠡᠷ (gär).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ger (plural gers)
- A yurt.
- 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 133:
- The new bek's great-grandfather had passed every night of his life under the sky, on the back of a pony or in the felt walls of a ger, and Buljan retained the ancestral contempt for cities and city dwellers.
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Hebrew גֵּר (ger).
Noun edit
ger (plural gerim)
Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *gaura. Compare Lithuanian gauras (“hair, down, tuft of hair”), Latvian gauri (“pubic hair”) and Middle Irish gúaire (“hair”).[1]
Noun edit
ger m
- squirrel (furry)
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “ger”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 112
Breton edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *gėr, from Proto-Celtic *garyos (“word, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r-, zero grade of *ǵeh₂r-.
Cognate with Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, “voice, speech”), Khotanese [script needed] (ysār-, “to sing”), Latin garriō (“chatter”), Old English caru (“sorrow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ger m (plural gerioù)
- word
- 1990, Thomas Arwyn Watkins, Martin John Ball, Celtic Linguistics / Ieithyddiaeth Geltaidd: Readings in the Brythonic Languages, page 202:
- Skrijal a rae Loeiz o tistagan ar ger [...] 'Louis screamed in pronouncing the word'.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit
- geriadur ("dictionary")
Chinese edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
ger
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) manager
- 2006 January 10, “薪高上位易 學子爭入「四大」”, in 香港經濟日報[1]:
- 做三年可升「sin」(senior)、做六年升「ger」(manager),做滿十年更有機會成為「partner」… [Cantonese, trad.]
- zou6 saam1 nin4 ho2 sing1 “sin1” (senior), zou6 luk6 nin4 sing1 “zoe4” (manager), zou6 mun5 sap6 nin4 gang3 jau5 gei1 wui6 sing4 wai4 “partner”... [Jyutping]
- One can be promoted to senior after three years of work, a manager after six years, and even perhaps a partner after ten years […]
做三年可升“sin”(senior)、做六年升“ger”(manager),做满十年更有机会成为“partner”… [Cantonese, simp.]
Synonyms edit
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 經理 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 經理 |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 經理 |
Hong Kong | 經理, 阿ger | |
Taishan | 經理 | |
Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 經理 |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 經理 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 經理 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 經理 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 經理 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 經理 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 經理 |
Wu | Shanghai | 經理, 阿大, 阿大先生, 當手 |
Suzhou | 經理, 大先生 |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
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ger
Etymology 3 edit
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ger
Cornish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *gėr, from Proto-Celtic *garyos (“word, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r-, zero grade of *ǵeh₂r-.
Cognate with Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, “voice, speech”), Khotanese [script needed] (ysār-, “to sing”), Latin garriō (“chatter”), Old English ċearu (“sorrow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ger m (plural geryow)
Derived terms edit
- gerlyver ("dictionary")
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Faroese edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
ger
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of gera (group v-31) | ||
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infinitive | gera | |
supine | gjørt | |
participle (a7)1 | gerandi | gjørdur |
present | past | |
first singular | geri | gjørdi |
second singular | gert | gjørdi |
third singular | ger | gjørdi |
plural | gera | gjørdu |
imperative | ||
singular | ger! | |
plural | gerið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse [Term?].
Noun edit
ger f (genitive singular gerar, uncountable)
Declension edit
Declension of ger (singular only) | ||
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f2s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ger | gerin |
accusative | ger | gerina |
dative | ger | gerini |
genitive | gerar | gerarinnar |
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Danish gær, from Old Norse gerð, from Proto-Germanic *garwidō.
Noun edit
ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
- (yeast): jöstur
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse gør, from Proto-Germanic *garwiją or *gerwą.
Noun edit
ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)
Declension edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Norse gerr, gjǫrr, gǫrr, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.
Adjective edit
ger (not comparable)
- ready, fully prepared
Inflection edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 4 edit
From Old Norse gerr, cognate with Old High German ger (“greedy”).
Adjective edit
ger (comparative gerari, superlative gerastur)
Inflection edit
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | gerari | gerari | gerara |
accusative | gerari | gerari | gerara |
dative | gerari | gerari | gerara |
genitive | gerari | gerari | gerara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | gerari | gerari | gerari |
accusative | gerari | gerari | gerari |
dative | gerari | gerari | gerari |
genitive | gerari | gerari | gerari |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | gerastur | gerust | gerast |
accusative | gerastan | gerasta | gerast |
dative | gerustum | gerastri | gerustu |
genitive | gerasts | gerastrar | gerasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | gerastir | gerastar | gerust |
accusative | gerasta | gerastar | gerust |
dative | gerustum | gerustum | gerustum |
genitive | gerastra | gerastra | gerastra |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | gerasti | gerasta | gerasta |
accusative | gerasta | gerustu | gerasta |
dative | gerasta | gerustu | gerasta |
genitive | gerasta | gerustu | gerasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | gerustu | gerustu | gerustu |
accusative | gerustu | gerustu | gerustu |
dative | gerustu | gerustu | gerustu |
genitive | gerustu | gerustu | gerustu |
Etymology 5 edit
From Old Norse gerr, gjǫrr, gørr, from Proto-Germanic *garwiz, comparative of the adverb corresponding to ger (3).
Adverb edit
ger (comparative form; superlative gerst)
- better, more thoroughly
References edit
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
Old English edit
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Etymology edit
Variant of ġēar.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ġēr n (nominative plural ġēr)
Old High German edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”).
Noun edit
gēr m
Declension edit
case | singular | plural |
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nominative | gēr | gēra |
accusative | gēr | gēra |
genitive | gēres | gēro |
dative | gēre | gērum |
instrumental | gēru | — |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *ger, from Proto-Germanic *geraz.
Adjective edit
ger
Inflection edit
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms edit
Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
Variant of jār.
Noun edit
ger n
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | gēr | gēr |
accusative | gēr | gēr |
genitive | gēres | gērō |
dative | gēre | gērun |
instrumental | — | — |
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ger n (plural geruri)
- frost (cold weather that causes frost to form)
- frigidness, frosty weather
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Swedish edit
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Verb edit
ger
- present indicative of ge, contracted from the archaic giver
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ger