gá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ga"

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡaː]
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Interjection

gá

  1. honk (the sound of a goose)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kauː/
  • Rhymes: -auː

Verb

gá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gáði, supine gáð)

  1. to look, see, check

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Irish

Alternative forms

  • gábh
  • gábhadh[1]
  • gádh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish gád (“danger, need”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gá m (genitive singular gá)

  1. need, requirement
    Ní gá dhuit imeacht.
    You don’t need to go; you don’t have to go.

Declension

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.

References

  1. ↑ “gáḃaḋ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

Further reading

  • “gád” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "gá" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Mandarin

Romanization

gá (Zhuyin ㄍㄚˊ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 噵
  2. Pinyin transcription of 尜
  3. Pinyin transcription of 軋, 轧
  4. Pinyin transcription of 釒
  5. Pinyin transcription of 錷
  6. Pinyin transcription of 钄
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