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)

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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.

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Irish

Alternative forms

• gábh
• gábhadh
• gádh (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡæː/

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

Declension of gá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative gá Vocative a ghá Genitive gá Dative gá

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an gá Genitive an ghá Dative leis an ngá don ghá

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.

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.

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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