gah
See also: gäh and GAH
English
Interjection
gah
- Expressing exasperation or annoyance.
- 2009 January 20, Alison Godfrey, quoting Bronwyn Lovejoy, “Coles, Woolworths and IGA workers vent about customers on Facebook”, in Herald Sun:
- “And stop calling it soccerball! gah! do any of the tickets say soccerball? no!“”
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Anagrams
- HGA, Hag., agh, gha, hag
Navajo
Etymology
Cognate with Sarcee nitłʼadigha, Chipewyan gah, Beaver gaah, Carrier goh, Sekani gah, Ahtna ggax, Tlingit g̱áx̱ and South Slavey gah.
Noun
gah
- rabbit
Derived terms
- gahtsoh (hare)
Pali
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit गृह् (gṛh).
Root
gah (Pali name gaha)
- to seize, to take
Usage notes
The initial consonant tends to geminate after prefixes. Nasals after the root may be retroflexed.
Derived terms
Verbs
- gaṇhati
- gaṇhāti
- niggaṇhati
- niggaṇhāti
Non-present participles, gerundives, absolutives and infinitives
- gahetabba
- gahita
- gahīta
- niggahita
- niggahīta
Nouns
- aggahaṇa
- gaha
South Slavey
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *gax̣. Cognates include Navajo gah and Dogrib gah.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kàh/
Noun
gah
- rabbit
References
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 99
Western Apache
Noun
gah
- rabbit