geit

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch geit, from Old Dutch *geit, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣɛi̯t/ Hyphenation: geit Rhymes: -ɛi̯t === Noun === geit f (plural geiten, diminutive geitje n) goat, any member of the genus Capra goat (Capra aegagrus) or the domesticated goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) any female of the genus Capra or of the above (sub)species (informal, mildly derogatory) a silly or foolish person, particularly said of girls or adolescent women ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: geit === Anagrams === giet == Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaiːt/ Rhymes: -aiːt === Noun === geit f (genitive singular geitar, plural geitir) goat ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== geitarbukkur geithavur geitarostur == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ceiːt/ Rhymes: -eiːt === Noun === geit f (genitive singular geitar, nominative plural geitur) a goat ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɟɛtʲ/ === Noun === geit f (genitive singular geite, nominative plural geiteanna) a jump, a start ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “geit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24 == Middle English == === Pronoun === geit alternative form of ȝit == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jæɪ̯t/ === Noun === geit f or m (definite singular geita or geiten, indefinite plural geiter, definite plural geitene) a goat ==== Usage notes ==== One of the nouns whose feminine form is predominant in formal writing. ==== Derived terms ==== geitebukk === References === “geit” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jɛɪːt/ === Noun === geit f (definite singular geita, indefinite plural geiter, definite plural geitene) a goat teat, breast a nickname for women ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== boargeit geitebukk geitrams jasegeit === References === “geit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *gaits (“goat”), likely from a substrate language. === Noun === geit f (genitive geitar, plural geitr) a she-goat ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: geit Faroese: geit Norwegian Nynorsk: geit → Norwegian Bokmål: geit Old Swedish: gēt, ᚵᚽᛏSwedish: get Old Danish: get Danish: ged Norwegian Bokmål: gjet (obsolete) Elfdalian: djiet Gutnish: gait === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “geit”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian *gāt, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits. Cognate with Dutch geit, English goat, German Geiß. === Pronunciation === (Clay) IPA(key): /ɡai̯t/ (Wood) IPA(key): /ɡɛi̯t/ === Noun === geit c (plural geiten, diminutive geitsje) goat ==== Further reading ==== “geit”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011