gera

Conjugation of gera (group v-31)
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 Danish gære, from German gären.

Verb edit

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

to ferment, to brew

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of gera (group v-30)
infinitive	gera
supine	gerað
participle (a6)¹	gerandi	geraður
	present	past
first singular	geri	geraði
second singular	gerar	geraði
third singular	gerar	geraði
plural	gera	geraðu
	imperative
singular	gera!
plural	gerið!
¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic edit

Alternative forms edit

(mostly archaic) gjöra

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈcɛːra/
Rhymes: -ɛːra

Verb edit

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

(transitive, governs the accusative) to do
Hvað ertu að gera?
What are you doing?

Letingjar gera aldrei neitt.
Loafers never do anything.
(transitive, governs the accusative) to make
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 edit

gera — active voice (germynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að gera
supine (sagnbót)		gert
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		gerandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég geri	við gerum	present (nútíð)	ég geri	við gerum
	þú gerir	þið gerið		þú gerir	þið gerið
	hann, hún, það gerir	þeir, þær, þau gera		hann, hún, það geri	þeir, þær, þau geri

past (þátíð)	ég gerði	við gerðum	past (þátíð)	ég gerði	við gerðum
	þú gerðir	þið gerðuð		þú gerðir	þið gerðuð
	hann, hún, það gerði	þeir, þær, þau gerðu		hann, hún, það gerði	þeir, þær, þau gerðu

imperative (boðháttur)	ger (þú)	gerið (þið)
	gerðu	geriði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

gerast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að gerast
supine (sagnbót)		gerst
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		gerandist the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég gerist	við gerumst	present (nútíð)	ég gerist	við gerumst
	þú gerist	þið gerist		þú gerist	þið gerist
	hann, hún, það gerist	þeir, þær, þau gerast		hann, hún, það gerist	þeir, þær, þau gerist

past (þátíð)	ég gerðist	við gerðumst	past (þátíð)	ég gerðist	við gerðumst
	þú gerðist	þið gerðust		þú gerðist	þið gerðust
	hann, hún, það gerðist	þeir, þær, þau gerðust		hann, hún, það gerðist	þeir, þær, þau gerðust

imperative (boðháttur)	gerst (þú)	gerist (þið)
	gerstu	geristi *
* 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 edit

to make

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

to arbitrate

gera einhverjum að greiða

Kikuyu edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɣɛɾa/

Verb edit

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 edit

(Nouns)

kĩgera class 7
mũgere class 3

References edit

^ “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 edit

rega

Lithuanian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɡʲɛˈra/

Adjective edit

gerà

nominative/instrumental feminine singular of geras

Lombard edit

Etymology edit

From Latin glarea.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛra/, /d͡ʒera/

Noun edit

gera f

gravel

Luang edit

Noun edit

gera

(Moa) water

Synonyms edit

jera (Wetan)

References edit

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

Old Norse edit

Alternative forms edit

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

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

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

to do, make

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of gera — active (weak class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	gera
present participle	gerandi
past participle	gerðr
1st-person singular	geri	gerða
2nd-person singular	gerir	gerðir
3rd-person singular	gerir	gerði
1st-person plural	gerum	gerðum
2nd-person plural	gerið	gerðuð
3rd-person plural	gera	gerðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	gera	gørða
2nd-person singular	gerir	gørðir
3rd-person singular	geri	gørði
1st-person plural	gerim	gørðim
2nd-person plural	gerið	gørðið
3rd-person plural	geri	gørði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	ger, geri
1st-person plural	gerum
2nd-person plural	gerið

Conjugation of gera — mediopassive (weak class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	gerask
present participle	gerandisk
past participle	gerzk
1st-person singular	gerumk	gerðumk
2nd-person singular	gerisk	gerðisk
3rd-person singular	gerisk	gerðisk
1st-person plural	gerumsk	gerðumsk
2nd-person plural	gerizk	gerðuzk
3rd-person plural	gerask	gerðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	gerumk	gørðumk
2nd-person singular	gerisk	gørðisk
3rd-person singular	gerisk	gørðisk
1st-person plural	gerimsk	gørðimsk
2nd-person plural	gerizk	gørðizk
3rd-person plural	gerisk	gørðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	gersk, gerisk
1st-person plural	gerumsk
2nd-person plural	gerizk

Descendants edit

Icelandic: gjöra, gera
Faroese: gera
Norwegian Nynorsk: gjera; (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

References edit

“göra” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ

Verb edit

gera

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

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French gérer.

Verb edit

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

to manage

Conjugation edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɾa/, [ˈɡɛ.ɾɐ]
Syllabification: ge‧ra
Homophone: Guerra

Noun edit

gera (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜇ)

Alternative form of giyera

Venetian edit

Verb edit

gera

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

Yogad edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish guerra.

Noun edit

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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