gé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ge"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛː]

Noun

gé n

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Further reading

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒe/

Noun

gé m (plural gés)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡeː]

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Noun

gé

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Declension

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Noun

gé n (genitive singular gés, nominative plural gé)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Declension

declension of gé

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gé	géið	gé	géin
accusative	gé	géið	gé	géin
dative	géi	géinu	géum	géunum
genitive	gés	gésins	géa	géanna

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Irish

gé

Alternative forms

• géadh (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Irish géd m (“goose”), from Proto-Celtic *gezdā. Cognate with Welsh gŵydd, Cornish goth and Breton gwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟeː/

Noun

gé f or m (genitive singular gé or géidh, nominative plural géanna or géidhe or géacha)

1. goose (grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)

Declension

As feminine noun:

Declension of gé

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gé géanna Vocative a ghé a ghéanna Genitive gé géanna Dative gé géanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghé na géanna Genitive na gé na ngéanna Dative leis an ngé don ghé leis na géanna

Alternative nominative plural, feminine and masculine: géacha

As masculine noun (now archaic):

Declension of gé

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gé géanna Vocative a ghé a ghéanna Genitive gé géanna Dative gé géanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an gé na géanna Genitive an ghé na ngéanna Dative leis an ngé don ghé leis na géanna

Hyponyms

• gandal m (“gander”)

Derived terms

• gé Cheanadach f (“Canada goose”)
• gé ghiúrainn f (“barnacle goose”)
• gé ghlas f (“greylag goose”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gé	ghé	ngé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “géd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gé”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gé”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Mandarin

Romanization

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʲeː/

Verb

·gé

1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of guidid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
·gé	·gé pronounced with /-ɣ(ʲ)-/	·ngé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.