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gesel

Etymology

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From Middle Dutch gessle, ghesele. The atypical -s-, rather than -z-, points at Old Dutch *gēsl(a), where the -s- was directly followed by the -l-, instead of by a vowel, blocking the s → z sound change, from Proto-Germanic *gaisilaz, from *gaizaz (spear) + *-ilaz (suffix deriving names of tools). The loss of the middle syllable was a common change among the Germanic languages, and can also be seen in *karilaz*karlaz (whence Charles). Cognate with German Geißel.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɣeːsəl/
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  • Hyphenation: ge‧sel

Noun

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gesel m (plural gesels or geselen)

  1. scourge (a whip often of leather)

Verb

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gesel

  1. inflection of geselen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

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Slovene

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Noun

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gêsel

  1. genitive dual/plural of geslo