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git

See also: GIT, Git, and gît

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English get (“[illegitimate] offspring”). A southern variant of Scots get (“illegitimate child, brat”), related to beget.[1]

NounEdit

git (plural gits)

  1. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A silly, incompetent, stupid, or annoying person (usually a man).
    • 1968, John Lennon (lyrics), “I'm So Tired”, in The Beatles, performed by the Beatles:
      Although I'm so tired, I'll have another cigarette / And curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git
    • 1990, House of Cards, season 1, episode 1:
      Bit of a flash git, don't you think?
    • 2007, Greg Weston, The Man Upstairs, →ISBN, page 124:
      Eventually God gives the donkey a voice and it says, "why're you beating me you great stupid git? It's the angel with the sword that you gotta be careful of," or words to that effect.
    • 2000 December 18, BBC and Bafta Tribute to Michael Caine, 16:43–17:05:
      Parkinson: You made films before, but the part that really made your name was Zulu, wasn't it […] and there of course—against type—you played the toff, you played the officer.
      Caine: I played the officer, yeah, and everybody thought I was like that. Everyone was so shocked when they met me, this like Cockney guy had played this toffee-nosed git.
    • 2020 December 16, Christian Wolmar, “Coverage of little-used stations does the railway no favours”, in Rail, page 45:
      I'm not being a miserable old git here. I like a laugh as much as anyone, [...].
Usage notesEdit
  • Git is usually used as an insult, more severe than twit but less severe than a true profanity like wanker or arsehole, and may often be used affectionately between friends. Get can also be used, with a subtle change of meaning. "You cheeky get!" is slightly less harsh than "You cheeky git!".
  • Git is frequently used in conjunction with another word to achieve a more specific meaning. For instance a "smarmy git" refers to a person of a slimy, ingratiating disposition; a "jammy git" would be a person with undeserved luck. The phrase "grumpy old git", denoting a cantankerous old man, is used with particular frequency.
  • In parts of northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, get is still used in preference to git. In the Republic of Ireland, get, rather than git is used.
  • The word has been ruled by the Speaker of the House of Commons to be unparliamentary language.[2][3]
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

git (third-person singular simple present gitting, present participle got, simple past and past participle gotten)

  1. (Appalachia, Southern US, African-American Vernacular) To get, begone.
  2. (Appalachia, Southern US, African-American Vernacular) To get (leave; scram; begone).
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

git (plural gits)

  1. Alternative form of geat (channel in metal casting)

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “git”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ Geoffrey Hughes (2006) An encyclopedia of swearing‎[1], →ISBN, page 477
  3. ^ M. Hunt, Alison Maloney (2006) Joy of Swearing‎[2], →ISBN

AnagramsEdit

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French jet, or directly from Latin gagātēs after Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagátēs), from Γάγας (Gágas, “a town and river in Lycia”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

git n or f (plural gitten, diminutive gitje n)

  1. (neuter) lignite
  2. (neuter) jet (black, gemstone-like geological material)
  3. (masculine) a stone made of this material

Derived termsEdit

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

git

  1. post-1990 spelling of gît (third-person singular present indicative of gésir)

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare Hebrew גַּד‎ (gad) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NounEdit

git n (indeclinable)

  1. A plant (Nigella sativa), variously named black cumin, Roman coriander, or melanthion.

ReferencesEdit

  • “git”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • git in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • my mind forebodes misfortune: animus praesāgit malum

Old EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-West Germanic *jit, with the *i leveled in from *wit. Further from Proto-Germanic *jut. Cognate with North Frisian jat.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ġit

  1. (the second-person dual nominative) you two
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 20:22
      Þā andswarode him sē Hǣlend: "Ġit nyton hwæs ġit biddaþ."
      Then Jesus answered them: "You two don't know what you're asking for."
DeclensionEdit
Old English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive
singular first person iċ mec, mē mē mīn
second person þū þec, þē þē þīn
third person neuter hit him his
masculine hē hine
feminine hēo hīe hiere
dual first person wit uncit unc uncer
second person ġit incit inc incer
plural first person wē ūsic ūs ūser, ūre
second person ġē ēowic ēow ēower
third person hīe him heora


DescendantsEdit
  • Middle English: ȝit, ȝitt, ȝet

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

ġīt

  1. Alternative form of ġīet

Old SaxonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *jit, from Proto-Germanic *jut, remodeled in Proto-Northwest Germanic to *jit by analogy with *wit.

PronounEdit

git

  1. You two; nominative dual of thū

DeclensionEdit

Old Saxon personal pronouns
Personal pronouns
Singular 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative ik thū hē siu it
Accusative mī, me, mik thī, thik ina sia
Dative mī thī imu iru it
Genitive mīn thīn is ira is
Dual 1. 2. - - -
Nominative wit git - - -
Accusative unk ink - - -
Dative
Genitive unkero, unka

inker, inka

- - -
Plural 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative wī, we gī, ge sia sia siu
Accusative ūs, unsik eu, iu, iuu
Dative ūs im
Genitive ūser euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera iro

PolishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Yiddish גוט‎ (gut), from Old High German guot, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

git (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) just right
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry

AdverbEdit

git (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) there you go
    Synonyms: fajnie, gitara, gites

InterjectionEdit

git

  1. (colloquial) excellent!

NounEdit

git m pers

  1. (prison slang) member of a prison subculture that occupies the highest position in the internal hierarchy

DeclensionEdit

Declension of git
singular plural
nominative git gici/gity (depreciative)
genitive gita gitów
dative gitowi gitom
accusative gita gitów
instrumental gitem gitami
locative gicie gitach
vocative gicie gici

Derived termsEdit

adjectives
nouns

Related termsEdit

adjective
adverbs

Further readingEdit

  • git in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • git in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RohingyaEdit

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

git

  1. song

TurkishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡit/
  • Hyphenation: git

VerbEdit

git

  1. second-person singular imperative of gitmek

VilamovianEdit

NounEdit

git f

  1. goodness

VolapükEdit

NounEdit

git (nominative plural gits)

  1. law (body of binding rules and regulations, customs and standards)

DeclensionEdit

declension of git
singular plural
nominative git gits
genitive gita gitas
dative gite gites
accusative giti gitis
vocative 1 o git! o gits!
predicative 2 gitu gitus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived termsEdit

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