gera

See also: Gera, geɽa, géra, and ġera

Basque

Noun

gera

allative singular of ge

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerra.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɾa/ [ˈɡe.ɾa]
Hyphenation: ge‧ra

Noun

géra (Basahan spelling ᜄᜒᜍ)

war
Synonym: gubat (archaic)

Derived terms

Related terms

gerilya

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeːɹa/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gera, gøra, gørva, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną.

Verb

gera (third person singular past indicative gjørdi, supine gjørt)

to do, to make

Conjugation

Conjugation of *gera* (group v-31)
	present	past
infinitive	gera
supine	gjørt

first singular	geri	gjørdi
second singular	gert	gjørdi
third singular	ger	gjørdi
plural	gera	gjørdu

participle (a7)¹	gerandi	gjørdur

	imperative
singular	ger!
plural	gerið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Etymology 2

From Danish gære, from German gären.

Verb

gera (third person singular past indicative geraði, supine gerað)

to ferment, to brew

Conjugation

Conjugation of *gera* (group v-30)
	present	past
infinitive	gera
supine	gerað

first singular	geri	geraði
second singular	gerar	geraði
third singular	gerar	geraði
plural	gera	geraðu

participle (a6)¹	gerandi	geraður

	imperative
singular	gera!
plural	gerið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Alternative forms

gjöra (mostly archaic)

Etymology

From Old Norse gera, gøra, gørva, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈcɛːra/
Rhymes: -ɛːra

Verb

gera (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gerði, supine gert)

to do [with accusative]
Hvað ertu að gera?
What are you doing?

Letingjar gera aldrei neitt.
Loafers never do anything.
to make [with accusative]
to arbitrate, to determine
(impersonal) used with nouns denoting a weather condition to indicate that that type of weather is going on
Það gerði rigningu.
It rained.

Conjugation

*gera* – active voice (*germynd*)
		present nútíð	past þátíð	present nútíð	past þátíð
infinitive nafnháttur		að gera
supine sagnbót		gert
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		gerandi

		indicative framsöguháttur		subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
singular	ég	geri	gerði	geri	gerði
	þú	gerir	gerðir	gerir	gerðir
	hann, hún, það	gerir	gerði	geri	gerði
plural	við	gerum	gerðum	gerum	gerðum
	þið	gerið	gerðuð	gerið	gerðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	gera	gerðu	geri	gerðu

		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	ger (þú), gerðu
plural	þið	gerið (þið), geriði¹

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

*gerast* – mediopassive voice (*miðmynd*)
		present nútíð	past þátíð	present nútíð	past þátíð
infinitive nafnháttur		að gerast
supine sagnbót		gerst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		gerandist (rare; see appendix)

		indicative framsöguháttur		subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
singular	ég	gerist	gerðist	gerist	gerðist
	þú	gerist	gerðist	gerist	gerðist
	hann, hún, það	gerist	gerðist	gerist	gerðist
plural	við	gerumst	gerðumst	gerumst	gerðumst
	þið	gerist	gerðust	gerist	gerðust
	þeir, þær, þau	gerast	gerðust	gerist	gerðust

		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	gerst (þú), gerstu
plural	þið	gerist (þið), geristi¹

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

*gerður* — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	gerður	gerð	gert	gerðir	gerðar	gerð
accusative (þolfall)	gerðan	gerða	gert	gerða	gerðar	gerð
dative (þágufall)	gerðum	gerðri	gerðu	gerðum	gerðum	gerðum
genitive (eignarfall)	gerðs	gerðrar	gerðs	gerðra	gerðra	gerðra

weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
weak declension (veik beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	gerði	gerða	gerða	gerðu	gerðu	gerðu
accusative (þolfall)	gerða	gerðu	gerða	gerðu	gerðu	gerðu
dative (þágufall)	gerða	gerðu	gerða	gerðu	gerðu	gerðu
genitive (eignarfall)	gerða	gerðu	gerða	gerðu	gerðu	gerðu

Derived terms

to make

gera áttavilltan (“to disorient, to disorientate”)
gera höfðinu styttri, höfðinu styttri (“to cut of someone's head, to make them shorter by the height of their head”)
gera villu
gera vísu
um að gera

to arbitrate

gera einhverjum að greiða

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣɛɾa/

Verb

gera (infinitive kũgera)

to count, to measure, to reckon^[1]
Mũndũ ageraga maimwo, ndageraga maheo. ― One counts refusals, does not count gifts.^[2]
to pass through
Ĩgĩtithia gwĩciiria njĩra ĩrĩa ĩĩkũgera. ― [The hyena (hiti)] stopped to consider which road he was going to take.^[3]

Derived terms

(Nouns)

kĩgera class 7
mũgere class 3

References

^ “gera” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 108. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ Cagnolo, C. (1933). The Akikuyu: Their Customs, Traditions and Folklore, p. 220. Nyeri, Kenya: Akikuyu in the Mission Printing School.
^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, pp. 302–303. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Anagrams

rega

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʲɛˈra/

Adjective

gerà

nominative/instrumental feminine singular of geras

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin glarea.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛra/, /d͡ʒera/

Noun

gera f

gravel

Luang

Noun

gera

(Moa) water

Synonyms

jera (Wetan)

References

Leti (2004, →ISBN, page 29 (comparative wordlist)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

gerva, gøra, gørva, gjǫra, gjǫrva, gǫra, gǫrva

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”).

Verb

gera (singular past indicative gerði, plural past indicative gerðu, past participle gerðr)

to do, make

Conjugation

Conjugation of *gera* — active (weak class 1)
	present	past	present	past
infinitive	gera
present participle	gerandi
past participle	gerðr

	indicative		subjunctive
1st person singular	geri	gerða	gera	gørða
2nd person singular	gerir	gerðir	gerir	gørðir
3rd person singular	gerir	gerði	geri	gørði
1st person plural	gerum	gerðum	gerim	gørðim
2nd person plural	gerið	gerðuð	gerið	gørðið
3rd person plural	gera	gerðu	geri	gørði

imperative	present
2nd person singular	ger, geri
1st person plural	gerum
2nd person plural	gerið

Conjugation of *gera* — mediopassive (weak class 1)
	present	past	present	past
infinitive	gerask
present participle	gerandisk
past participle	gerzk

	indicative		subjunctive
1st person singular	gerumk	gerðumk	gerumk	gørðumk
2nd person singular	gerisk	gerðisk	gerisk	gørðisk
3rd person singular	gerisk	gerðisk	gerisk	gørðisk
1st person plural	gerumsk	gerðumsk	gerimsk	gørðimsk
2nd person plural	gerizk	gerðuzk	gerizk	gørðizk
3rd person plural	gerask	gerðusk	gerisk	gørðisk

imperative	present
2nd person singular	gersk, gerisk
1st person plural	gerumsk
2nd person plural	gerizk

Descendants

Icelandic: gjöra, gera
Faroese: gera
Norwegian Nynorsk: gjera, gjere; (dialectal) gjårå, gjara, gjøra, gjørå, gjørø
Jamtish: gjara
Elfdalian: djärå
Old Swedish: gø̄ra, gæra, giora
- Swedish: göra
Old Danish: gøræ
- Danish: gøre
  - Norwegian Bokmål: gjøre
- Scanian: gøra
Old Gutnish: giera
- Gutnish: gyre, gäre
→ Middle English: gerren, garren, garen
- English: gar
- Scots: gar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ

Verb

gera

inflection of gerar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gérer.

Verb

a gera (third-person singular present gerează, past participle gerat) 1st conjugation

to manage

Conjugation

conjugation of gera (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

number		singular			plural
infinitive			a gera
gerund			gerând
past participle			gerat
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	gerez	gerezi	gerează	gerăm	gerați	gerează
	imperfect	geram	gerai	gera	geram	gerați	gerau
	simple perfect	gerai	gerași	geră	gerarăm	gerarăți	gerară
	pluperfect	gerasem	geraseși	gerase	geraserăm	geraserăți	geraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
subjunctive	present	să gerez	să gerezi	să gereze	să gerăm	să gerați	să gereze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		gerează			gerați
	negative		nu gera			nu gerați

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guierra, from Early Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɾa/ [ˈɡɛː.ɾɐ]
Rhymes: -eɾa
Syllabification: ge‧ra
Homophone: Guerra

Noun

gera (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜇ)

alternative form of giyera

Venetan

Verb

gera

third-person singular imperfect indicative of èser
third-person plural imperfect indicative of èser

Yogad

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerra.

Noun

gera

war

[1] “gera” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 108. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[2] Cagnolo, C. (1933). The Akikuyu: Their Customs, Traditions and Folklore, p. 220. Nyeri, Kenya: Akikuyu in the Mission Printing School.

[3] Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, pp. 302–303. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

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gera

Basque

Noun

Bikol Central

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Faroese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Verb

Conjugation

Icelandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

Verb

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

Adjective

Lombard

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Luang

Noun

Synonyms

References

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Verb

Conjugation

Descendants

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

Romanian

Etymology

Verb

Conjugation

Tagalog

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Venetan

Verb

Yogad

Etymology

Noun