gae

See also: ga'e

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡeː/

Noun

gae m (genitive singular gae, nominative plural gaethe)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) Alternative form of ga (“spear, dart; ray”)

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gae ghae ngae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scots

Etymology 1

Verb

gae

  1. to go
    • 1861, Various, The Golden Treasury‎:
      O waly waly, up the bank, And waly waly down the brae, And waly waly yon burn-side Where I and my Love wont to gae!
    • 1884, Alexander Leighton, Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17‎:
      Gae awa, gae awa--I canna thole the very thochts o' the story whilk thou ettles to ken."

Etymology 2

Verb

gae

  1. simple past tense of gie
    • 1816, Sir Walter Scott, Old Mortality, Illustrated, Volume 1.‎:
      Eh, Mr Henry! but the carle gae them a screed o' doctrine!
    • 1918, J. M. Barrie, A Window in Thrums‎:
      Chirsty was in Tilliedrum last Teisday or Wednesday, an' Tibbie gae her a cup o' tea."

Swahili

FWOTD – 10 June 2017

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɠɑ.ɛ/

Noun

gae (ma class, plural magae)

  1. potsherd (broken piece of pottery)
    • 1994, Historia fupi ya Zanzibar, p. 24:
      Sakafu iliinuliwa kwa mchanga kiasi cha nusu mita na misingi ya msikiti ilichimbwa ndani ya tabaka za ardhi za miaka iliyopita zenye takataka na kujumuisha magae ya vyombo vya "Celado" na vya rangi manjano na mapambo meusi.

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

gae

  1. Soft mutation of cae (“field”).

Verb

gae

  1. Soft mutation of cae (“(s/he) closes, shuts”).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
cae gae nghae chae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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