git

== Translingual == === Symbol === git (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Gitxsan. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Gitxsan terms == English == === Alternative forms === get === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɡɪt/ Rhymes: -ɪt Homophone: ghit (one pronunciation) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English get (“[illegitimate] offspring”). A southern variant of Scots get (“illegitimate child, brat”), related to beget. ==== Noun ==== git (plural gits) (British, Ireland, slang, derogatory) A silly, incompetent, stupid, or annoying person (usually a man). ===== Usage notes ===== Git is usually used as an insult, more severe than twit but less severe than a true profanity like wanker or arsehole, and may often be used affectionately between friends. Get can also be used, with a subtle change of meaning. "You cheeky get!" is slightly less harsh than "You cheeky git!". Git is frequently used in conjunction with another word to achieve a more specific meaning. For instance a "smarmy git" refers to a person of a slimy, ingratiating disposition; a "jammy git" would be a person with undeserved luck. The phrase "grumpy old git", denoting a cantankerous old man, is used with particular frequency. In parts of northern England, Ireland and Scotland, get is still used in preference to git. The word has been ruled by the Speaker of the House of Commons to be unparliamentary language. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== git (third-person singular simple present gits, present participle gitting, simple past got, past participle gotten) (now Appalachia, Southern US, African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of get. ===== Derived terms ===== git along git-go git gud ==== Interjection ==== git (Appalachia, Southern US, informal) shoo! go away! (used to usher something away, chiefly towards an animal) Near-synonyms: go away, leave === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== git (plural gits) Alternative form of geat (channel in metal casting) === Etymology 4 === Likely chosen for its shortness and pronounceability, but various other explanations and backronyms were offered after its introduction. ==== Proper noun ==== git (computing) Alternative letter-case form of Git, a distributed VCS. === References === === See also === from the git === Anagrams === GTi, IGT, TGI, TIG, tig == Antigua and Barbuda Creole English == === Verb === git to get == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch git, get, from Latin gagātēs (likely by way of Old French get, jaiet), from Ancient Greek γαγᾱ́της (gagā́tēs), possibly from Γάγας (Gágas, “a town and river in Lycia”). Doublet of gagaat. === Pronunciation === === Noun === git n or f (plural gitten, diminutive gitje n) (neuter) lignite (neuter) jet (black, gemstone-like geological material) Synonym: (obsolete) gagaat (masculine) a stone made of this material ==== Derived terms ==== === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “git”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʒi/ === Verb === git post-1990 spelling of gît (third-person singular present indicative of gésir) == Latin == === Alternative forms === gith === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɪt] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒit] === Noun === git n (indeclinable) A plant (Nigella sativa), variously named black cumin, Roman coriander, or melanthion. === References === “git”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “git”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co. == Middle High German == === Etymology === === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈɡiːt/ === Verb === gīt alternative form of gibet == Old English == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *jit, with the *i leveled in from *wit. Further from Proto-Germanic *jut. Cognate with North Frisian jat. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /jit/ ==== Pronoun ==== ġit (the second-person dual nominative) you two c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 20:22 ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: ȝit, ȝitt, ȝet === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /jiːt/ ==== Adverb ==== ġīt alternative form of ġīet == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *jit, from Proto-Germanic *jut, remodeled in Proto-Northwest Germanic to *jit by analogy with *wit. === Pronoun === git You two; nominative dual of thū ==== Declension ==== == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Yiddish גוט (gut). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡit/ Rhymes: -it Syllabification: git Homophone: gid === Adjective === git (not comparable, no derived adverb) (colloquial) just right Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry === Adverb === git (not comparable) (colloquial) there you go Synonyms: fajnie, gitara, gites === Interjection === git (colloquial) excellent! === Noun === git m pers (prison slang) member of a prison subculture that occupies the highest position in the internal hierarchy ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === git in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN git in Polish dictionaries at PWN Klemens Stępniak; Zbigniew Podgórzec (2013), Słownik gwar przestępczych [Dictionary of criminal slangs] (in Polish), Kraków: Mireki, →ISBN, page 103 == Rohingya == === Pronunciation === === Noun === git song == Turkish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡit/ Hyphenation: git === Verb === git second-person singular imperative of gitmek == Vilamovian == === Noun === git f goodness == Volapük == === Noun === git (genitive gita, plural gits) law (body of binding rules and regulations, customs and standards) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ====