ger
English
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɛə(ɹ)/
Noun
ger (plural gers)
- A yurt.
- 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 133:
- The new bek's great-grandfather had passed every night of his life under the sky, on the back of a pony or in the felt walls of a ger, and Buljan retained the ancestral contempt for cities and city dwellers.
- 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 133:
Translations
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *gaura. Compare Lithuanian gauras (“hair, down, tuft of hair”), Latvian gauri (“pubic hair”) and Middle Irish gúaire (“hair”).
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *gėr, from Proto-Celtic *garyo- (“word, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r-, zero grade of *ǵeh₂r-.
Cognate with Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, “voice, speech”), Khotanese [script needed] (ysār-, “to sing”), Latin garriō (“chatter”), Old English ċearu (“sorrow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡeːʁ/
Noun
ger m (plural gerioù)
- word
- 1990, Thomas Arwyn Watkins, Martin John Ball, Celtic Linguistics / Ieithyddiaeth Geltaidd: Readings in the Brythonic Languages. p. 202.
- Skrijal a rae Loeiz o tistagan ar ger [...] 'Louis screamed in pronouncing the word'.
- 1990, Thomas Arwyn Watkins, Martin John Ball, Celtic Linguistics / Ieithyddiaeth Geltaidd: Readings in the Brythonic Languages. p. 202.
Derived terms
- geriadur ("dictionary")
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *gėr, from Proto-Celtic *garyo- (“word, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r-, zero grade of *ǵeh₂r-.
Cognate with Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, “voice, speech”), Khotanese [script needed] (ysār-, “to sing”), Latin garriō (“chatter”), Old English ċearu (“sorrow”).
Derived terms
Faroese
Etymology 1
Conjugation
v-31 | ||||
infinitive | gera | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | gerandi | |||
past participle a7 | gjørdur | |||
supine | gjørt | |||
number | singular | plural | ||
person | first | second | third | all |
indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum |
present | geri | gert | ger | gera |
past | gjørdi | gjørdi | gjørdi | gjørdu |
imperative | – | tú | – | tit |
present | — | ger! | — | gerið! |
Etymology 2
From Old Norse [Term?].
Declension
Declension of ger (singular only) | ||
---|---|---|
f2s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ger | gerin |
accusative | ger | gerina |
dative | ger | gerini |
genitive | gerar | gerarinnar |
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cɛːr/
- Rhymes: -ɛːr
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Danish gær, from Old Norse gerð, from Proto-Germanic *garwidō.
Declension
Synonyms
- (yeast): jöstur
Etymology 2
From Old Norse gør, from Proto-Germanic *garwiją or *gerwą.
Noun
ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)
Declension
Etymology 3
From Old Norse gerr, gjǫrr, gǫrr, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.
Inflection
Etymology 4
From Old Norse gerr, cognate with Old High German ger (“greedy”).
Inflection
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | gerari | gerari | gerara |
accusative | gerari | gerari | gerara |
dative | gerari | gerari | gerara |
genitive | gerari | gerari | gerara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | gerari | gerari | gerari |
accusative | gerari | gerari | gerari |
dative | gerari | gerari | gerari |
genitive | gerari | gerari | gerari |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | gerastur | gerust | gerast |
accusative | gerastan | gerasta | gerast |
dative | gerustum | gerastri | gerustu |
genitive | gerasts | gerastrar | gerasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | gerastir | gerastar | gerust |
accusative | gerasta | gerastar | gerust |
dative | gerustum | gerustum | gerustum |
genitive | gerastra | gerastra | gerastra |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | gerasti | gerasta | gerasta |
accusative | gerasta | gerustu | gerasta |
dative | gerasta | gerustu | gerasta |
genitive | gerasta | gerustu | gerasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | gerustu | gerustu | gerustu |
accusative | gerustu | gerustu | gerustu |
dative | gerustu | gerustu | gerustu |
genitive | gerustu | gerustu | gerustu |
Etymology 5
From Old Norse gerr, gjǫrr, gørr, from Proto-Germanic *garwiz, comparative of the adverb corresponding to ger (3).
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”).
Old Saxon
Etymology
Variant of jār.
Romanian
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Etymology
From Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
Noun
ger n (plural geruri)
- frost (cold weather that causes frost to form)
- frigidness, frosty weather
Derived terms
Related terms
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jeːr/
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