gá
Ashkun[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Nuristani *gā́wā (whence Kamkata-viri gó, Prasuni gúṭu, Tregami gá, Waigali ga), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš (whence Sanskrit गो (gó), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊 (gao), Persian گاو (gâv)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (whence Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Russian говя́до (govjádo), English cow).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gá
Hungarian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
An onomatopoeia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
gá
- honk (representation of the sound of a goose)
- 1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert)[1]:
- Gá! Gá! Gá! / Szalad világgá / Liba mama, ha a Csacsi / rábőg, hogy I-á!
- Honk! Honk! Honk! / Running far away / mama Goose, when the Donkey / brays at her Hee-haw!
Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse gá, from Proto-Germanic *ganhāną.
Verb[edit]
gá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gáði, supine gáð)
- (intransitive) to look, to see, to check
Conjugation[edit]
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Noun[edit]
gá f (genitive singular gár, no plural)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Of onomatopoeic origin.
Noun[edit]
gá f (genitive singular gár, no plural)
Declension[edit]
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish gád (“danger, need”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gá m (genitive singular gá)
- need, requirement
- Ní gá duit imeacht.
- You don’t need to go; you don’t have to go.
- Ní gá dom glaoch orthu.
- I don’t need to call them.
Declension[edit]
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms[edit]
- (need): feidhm, gátar, riachtanas
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gá | ghá | ngá |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gád”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gáḃaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 342
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 55
Mandarin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Romanization[edit]
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 尜
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軋/轧
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 釒/钅
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 钄
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噶
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From geyja (“to bark”).
Noun[edit]
gá f
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- gá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *ganhāną.
Noun[edit]
gá f
Usage notes[edit]
Often in compounds, such as úgá or gáleysi
Verb[edit]
gá (singular past indicative gáði, plural past indicative gáðu, past participle gát)
- to heed
- (with infinitive) (about verbs)
- (with genitive) (about nouns)
- guðs hann gáði
- he gave heed to God
- gá sín
- to take care of oneself
- glýja þú né gáðir
- thou hadst no mind for joy
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | gá | |
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present participle | gándi, gáandi | |
past participle | gáðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | gái | gáða |
2nd-person singular | gáir | gáðir |
3rd-person singular | gáir | gáði |
1st-person plural | gám | gáðum |
2nd-person plural | gáið | gáðuð |
3rd-person plural | gá | gáðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | gá | gæða |
2nd-person singular | gáir | gæðir |
3rd-person singular | gái | gæði |
1st-person plural | gáim | gæðim |
2nd-person plural | gáið | gæðið |
3rd-person plural | gái | gæði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | gá | |
1st-person plural | gám | |
2nd-person plural | gáið |
infinitive | gásk | |
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present participle | gándisk, gáandisk | |
past participle | gázk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | gámk | gáðumk |
2nd-person singular | gáisk | gáðisk |
3rd-person singular | gáisk | gáðisk |
1st-person plural | gámsk | gáðumsk |
2nd-person plural | gáizk | gáðuzk |
3rd-person plural | gásk | gáðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | gámk | gæðumk |
2nd-person singular | gáisk | gæðisk |
3rd-person singular | gáisk | gæðisk |
1st-person plural | gáimsk | gæðimsk |
2nd-person plural | gáizk | gæðizk |
3rd-person plural | gáisk | gæðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | gásk | |
1st-person plural | gámsk | |
2nd-person plural | gáizk |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on gá.
- gá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Tregami[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Nuristani *gā́wā (whence Ashkun gá, Kamkata-viri gó, Prasuni gúṭu, Waigali ga), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš (whence Sanskrit गो (gó), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊 (gao), Persian گاو (gâv)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (whence Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Russian говя́до (govjádo), English cow).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gá
- Ashkun terms inherited from Proto-Nuristani
- Ashkun terms derived from Proto-Nuristani
- Ashkun terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Ashkun terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Ashkun terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Ashkun terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ashkun terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ashkun lemmas
- Ashkun nouns
- Hungarian onomatopoeias
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɡaː
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɡaː/1 syllable
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian interjections
- Hungarian terms with quotations
- Hungarian two-letter words
- hu:Animal sounds
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/auː
- Rhymes:Icelandic/auː/1 syllable
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic verbs
- Icelandic weak verbs
- Icelandic intransitive verbs
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish terms with usage examples
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
- Hanyu Pinyin
- Mandarin non-lemma forms
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse feminine nouns
- Old Norse ō-stem nouns
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse verbs
- Old Norse terms with usage examples
- Old Norse class 3 weak verbs
- Tregami terms inherited from Proto-Nuristani
- Tregami terms derived from Proto-Nuristani
- Tregami terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Tregami terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Tregami terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Tregami terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Tregami terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tregami lemmas
- Tregami nouns