гета

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian gheată, ultimately of Frankish origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛtɐ]

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Noun

ге́та • (géta) f

1. (obsolescent) gaiter

Usage notes

Nowadays, predominantly used as plurale tantum ге́ти pl (géti).

Declension

Declension of ге́та

	singular	plural
indefinite	ге́та géta	ге́ти géti
definite	ге́тата gétata	ге́тите gétite

Alternative forms

• ге́тра (gétra) — borrowed from French

References

• “гети¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “гети”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гети, гетри”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 239

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛta]
• Hyphenation: ге‧та
• Rhymes: -ɛta

Noun

гета • (geta)

1. inflection of гето n (geto):
   1. indefinite plural
   2. vocative plural