gait

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɡeɪt/ (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɡæɪt/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ɡet/ (Wales, without the pane–pain merger) IPA(key): /ɡeit/ Rhymes: -eɪt Homophone: gate (pane–pain merger) === Etymology 1 === From a specialised use of gate (“way, manner, behaviour, habit", properly "way, path, street, journey”), from Middle English gate (“way, path, road, street”), from Old Norse gata (“path, lane, alley, road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (“passageway, street”). Doublet of gate. ==== Noun ==== gait (plural gaits) A manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs. (equestrianism) One of the distinct patterns of locomotion exhibited by a horse, occurring either naturally or as a result of training. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== gait (third-person singular simple present gaits, present participle gaiting, simple past and past participle gaited) (transitive) To teach a specific gait to a horse. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== gait (plural gaits) (UK, dialect) A sheaf of corn. (UK, dialect) A charge for pasturage. === Anagrams === Gita, taig == Middle English == === Noun === gait (rare) alternative form of gate (“way”) == 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡad̠ʲ/ === Noun === gait f (genitive gaite, nominative plural gata) verbal noun of gataid: theft ==== Inflection ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Scots == === Noun === gait (plural gaits) goat alternative form of gate (“way”) == Siraya == === Alternative forms === hait (alternative writing) === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qajiS. === Noun === gait boundary === References === Li, Jen-Kuei (2010), “gait”, in 新港文書研究 [Studies of Sinkang Manuscripts] (in Chinese), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, →ISBN, page 24 == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡai̯t/ === Verb === gait soft mutation of cait === Mutation ===