gait

gait

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeɪt/
• Rhymes: -eɪt
• Homophone: gate

Etymology 1

From Middle English gate (“way”), from Old Norse gata (“road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. Compare gate.

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

1. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving on legs.

   Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsidedgait.

2. (equestrianism) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.

Derived terms

• gait apraxia
• tandem gait

 

Translations

manner of walking

Bashkir: йөрөш (yöröş), атлау (atlaw), аҙым (aðım) Belarusian: хада́ f (xadá), ступа́ f (stupá), пахо́дка f (paxódka), ход m (xod), крок m (krok) Bulgarian: похо́дка (bg) f (pohódka) Catalan: caminar m, pas m, aire m, manera de caminar f Chinese: Mandarin: 步態／步态 (zh) (bùtài) Czech: chůze (cs) f Danish: gang (da) c, gangart c Dutch: gang (nl) m pas (nl) m loop (nl) m Esperanto: marŝo Estonian: kõnnak (et) Finnish: käynti (fi), astunta (fi) French: démarche (fr) f Georgian: სიარული (siaruli), სვლა (svla) German: Gang (de) m, Gangart (de) f Greek: Ancient: βάδισμα n (bádisma) Icelandic: göngulag (is) n Irish: siúl m Italian: camminata (it) f, andamento (it) m, postura (it) f, portamento (it) m Japanese: 足取り (あしどり, ashidori) Korean: 걸음걸이 (ko) (georeumgeori) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: لارولەنجە‎ (larulence) Latin: incessus m Norwegian: Bokmål: gange c, ganglag n Polish: chód (pl) m, krok (pl) m Portuguese: andar (pt) m, andadura (pt) f, porte (pt) m Romanian: pas (ro), mers (ro) Russian: похо́дка (ru) f (poxódka), по́ступь (ru) f (póstupʹ), ходьба́ (ru) f (xodʹbá), шаг (ru) m (šag) Sanskrit: गति (sa) f (gati), प्रगामन् (sa) n (pragāman) Scottish Gaelic: gluasad m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хо̑д m Roman: hȏd (sh) m Slovak: chôdza f, krok m Spanish: zancada (es) f, andadura (es) f Swedish: gång (sv), gångstil, gångart (sv) c Ukrainian: похі́д m (poxíd), похода́ f (poxodá), похо́да f (poxóda), хід (uk) m (xid), крок (uk) m (krok), хода́ f (xodá), ходьба́ (uk) f (xodʹbá)

horse's way of moving

Armenian: քայլք (hy) (kʿaylkʿ) Bulgarian: конски ход m (konski hod) Catalan: anadura f Chinese: Mandarin: 步法 (zh) (bùfǎ) Dutch: gang (nl) m Finnish: askellaji French: allure (fr) m Georgian: ალური (aluri) German: Gangart (de) f Icelandic: gangtegund (is) f Italian: andatura (it) f Norwegian: Bokmål: gangart m or f Nynorsk: gangart m or f Polish: chód (pl) m Portuguese: porte (pt) m Russian: аллю́р (ru) m (alljúr) Swedish: gångart (sv)

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Greek: (please verify) βηματισμός (el) m (vimatismós), (please verify) βαδισμα n (vadisma)

Verb

gait (third-person singular simple present gaits, present participle gaiting, simple past and past participle gaited)

1. To teach a specific gait to a horse.

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

1. (UK, dialect) A sheaf of corn.
2. (UK, dialect) A charge for pasturage.

Anagrams

• Gita, taig

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Middle English

Noun

gait

1. (rare) Alternative form of gate (“way”)

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Old Irish

Etymology

Matasović derives this from Proto-Celtic *gozdis, a variant of *gostis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger”). The irregular vowel change is a dissimilation from got (“stammering”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡadʲ/

Noun

gait f (genitive gaite, nominative plural gata)

1. verbal noun of gataid: theft

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	gaitL	gaitL	gataH
Vocative	gaitL	gaitL	gataH
Accusative	gaitN	gaitL	gataH
Genitive	gaiteH	gaitL	gaitN
Dative	gaitL	gataib	gataib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
gait	gait pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngait
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*gazdo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 155

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scots

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

1. goat
2. Alternative form of gate (“way”)

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡai̯t/

Verb

gait

1. Soft mutation of cait.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cait	gait	nghait	chait
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.