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Domestic
goat (
Capra aegagrus hircus)
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From Old English gāt < Proto-Germanic *gaitaz < Proto-Indo-European *gʰaid-. Cognate with Old High German geiz (German Geiß), Old Norse geit (Danish ged, Swedish get), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits); and with Latin haedus (“‘kid’”).
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Singular
goat
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Plural
goats
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goat (plural goats)
- Any of various ruminant mammals, of the genus Capra, related to the sheep. A group of goats is referred to as a tribe or a herd.
- (slang) A lecherous man.
- (informal) A scapegoat
- 2008, "Tigers already miss Jones", in Royal Oak Daily Tribune (Michigan), Aug 6, 2008
- Fernando Rodney, the goat in Sunday's 10th inning loss to Tampa Bay, threw three nearly perfect innings in relief on Tuesday after being demoted from the closer role.
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terms derived from goat (noun)
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animal
- Afrikaans: bok af(af)
- Albanian: dhi
- Amuzgo: kínch'ió
- Arabic: مَعْزة ar(ar) (ma3za(t)) f.
- Aragonese: craba f.
- Armenian: այծ hy(hy) (ayç), (male) նոխազ hy(hy) (noxaz), քոշ hy(hy) (koš), քաղ hy(hy) (k’aġ)
- Old Armenian: այծ (ayc), (male) նոխազ (noxaz), քօշ (kōš), քաղ (kʿał)
- Azeri: keçi az(az)
- Basque: ahuntz
- Belarusian: каза be(be) f.
- Bosnian: koza bs(bs) f., jarac bs(bs) m.
- Breton: gavr f.
- Bulgarian: коза bg(bg) (koza) f.
- CJKV Characters: 羊
- Catalan: cabra f.
- Cebuano: kanding
- Cherokee: ᎤᎦᏐᏣᏁᏛ (ugasotsanedv)
- Chinese: 羊 (yáng)
- Croatian: kòza hr(hr) f.
- Czech: koza cs(cs) f., kozel cs(cs) m.
- Danish: ged da(da) c.
- Dutch: geit nl(nl) f., bok nl(nl) m.
- Esperanto: kapro eo(eo)
- Estonian: kits et(et)
- Ewe: gbɔ̃ n.
- Faroese: geit fo(fo)
- Finnish: vuohi fi(fi)
- French: chèvre fr(fr) f.
- Friulian: cjavre
- Galician: cabra f.
- Georgian: თხა ka(ka) (t'xa), (one year old) ქოშიკი ka(ka) (k’ošiki)
- German: Ziege de(de) f., Geiß de(de) f.
- Greek:
- Ancient: αἴξ m. and f.
- Modern: (he-goat) τράγος el(el) (trágos) m.; γίδα el(el) (yíða) f., κατσίκα el(el) (katsíka) f., (she-goat) αίγα el(el) (éga) f.
- Hebrew: עֵז (ez) f.
- Hungarian: kecske hu(hu)
- Icelandic: geit is(is) f.
- Indonesian: kambing id(id)
- Irish: gabhar ga(ga) m.
- Italian: capra it(it) f.
- Japanese: やぎ ja(ja) (yagi)
- Javanese: wedus
- Kazakh: ешкі kk(kk) (eşki), теке kk(kk) (teke)
- Kikuyu: bori
- Kirundi: impene
- Korean: 염소 (yeomso), 산양 (sanyang)
- Kurdish: بزن ku(ku) (bizin)
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- Ladin: cioura
- Lao: ແບ້ lo(lo) (bëë)
- Latin: caper la(la) m., capra la(la) f., hircus la(la) m.
- Latvian: kaza lv(lv) f., āzis lv(lv)
- Laz: (one year old) ქოშატი (k’ošati)
- Lithuanian: ožka f.; ožys m.
- Lower Sorbian: koza f.
- Macedonian: коза mk(mk) (koza) f.
- Malay: kambing ms(ms)
- Maltese: mogħża mt(mt)
- Navajo: tł'ízí
- Norwegian: geit no(no) f.
- Occitan: cabra
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: коза f.
- Glagolitic: ⰍⰑⰈⰀ f.
- Old Irish: gabor m.
- Persian: بز fa(fa) (boz)
- Polabian: ťözâ f.
- Polish: koza pl(pl) f., kozioł pl(pl) m.
- Portuguese: bode pt(pt) m., cabra pt(pt) f.
- Romani: buzno m., buzni f.
- Romanian: capră ro(ro) f.
- Romansch: chaura
- Russian: коза ru(ru) (kozá) f., козёл ru(ru) (kozjól) m.
- Sami: gáica
- Santali: ᱢᱮᱨᱳᱢ (merom)
- Sardinian: craba, becca
- Scottish Gaelic: gobhar
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: коза sr(sr)
- Roman: koza sr(sr)
- Sicilian: beccu m., crapa f.
- Slovak: koza sk(sk) f., cap sk(sk) m.
- Slovene: koza sl(sl) f., kozel sl(sl) m.
- Sotho: podi st(st)
- Spanish: cabra es(es) f., chivo es(es) m.
- Sumerian: 𒍚 (ÙZ)
- Swahili: mbuzi (noun 9/10)
- Swedish: get sv(sv) c.
- Tagalog: kambing
- Telugu: మేక (mEka)
- Thai: แพะ (phae)
- Tswana: podi tn(tn) (9/10)
- Turkish: keçi tr(tr)
- Ukrainian: козел uk(uk) (kozel) m., коза uk(uk) f., цап uk(uk) (tsap) m.
- Upper Sorbian: koza f.
- Vietnamese: dê, con dê
- Welsh: gafr f.
- West Frisian: geit f.
- !Xóõ: páli
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[edit] See also
to goat (third-person singular simple present goats, present participle goating, simple past and past participle goated)
- (transitive) To allow goats to feed on.
- 1918, Agricultural Experiment Station, Director's Biennial Report - Page 51
- Rape and clover has yielded 283 sheep days of pasture, practically dry weather […] For the coming year it is planned to goat this area continuously
- (transitive) To scapegoat.
- 2001, "A worthy Rusch to judgment", in USA Today, July 15, 2001
- John Rocker, meanwhile, was spared from getting goated because he didn't blow a save
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goat c.
- shoot (of a plant)
