gá
Ashkun
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ɡá/
Noun
gá
- cow
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- gigágá, gá-gá
Etymology
An onomatopoeia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡaː]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɡaː
Interjection
gá
- honk (representation of the sound of a goose)
- 1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert):
- 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!
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Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kauː/
- Rhymes: -auː
Etymology 1
From Old Norse gá, from Proto-Germanic *ganhāną.
Verb
gá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gáði, supine gáð)
- (intransitive) to look, to see, to check
Conjugation
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Noun
gá f (genitive singular gár, no plural)
- care, caution
- Synonyms: aðgát, varúð
Declension
| f-s1 | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gá | gáin |
| accusative | gá | gána |
| dative | gá | gánni |
| genitive | gár | gárinnar |
Derived terms
- gálaus (“careless”)
- gáleysi (“carelessness”)
Etymology 2
Of onomatopoeic origin.
Noun
gá f (genitive singular gár, no plural)
- bark, barking
- Synonyms: gjamm, gelt
Declension
| f-s1 | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gá | gáin |
| accusative | gá | gána |
| dative | gá | gánni |
| genitive | gár | gárinnar |
Irish
Alternative forms
- gábh, gábhadh
- gádh (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Irish gád (“danger, need”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ɡɑː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡaː/
Noun
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
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
- (need): feidhm, gátar, riachtanas
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- 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
Alternative forms
- ga (nonstandard)
Romanization
gá (ga2, Zhuyin ㄍㄚˊ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 尜.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軋, 轧.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 釒.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錷.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 钄.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噶.
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From geyja (“to bark”).
Noun
gá f
- barking
Declension
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gá | gáin | gár | gárnar |
| accusative | gá | gána | gár | gárnar |
| dative | gá | gánni | gám | gánum |
| genitive | gár | gárinnar | gá | gánna |
References
- gá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *ganhāną.
Noun
gá f
- attention
Usage notes
Often in compounds, such as úgá or gáleysi
Verb
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
| infinitive | gá | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | gándi, gáandi | |
| past participle | gát | |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- Icelandic: gá
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gå
References
- 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
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ɡá/
Noun
gá
- cow
Yokuts
Etymology
An onomatopoeia.
Noun
gá
- Corvid