gec

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gec"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Grebo with c as a placeholder.

Symbol

gec

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Gboloo Grebo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gboloo Grebo terms

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		ҝеҹ
Arabic		گئج

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *gēč. Related to Azerbaijani gecə (“night”) and Azerbaijani keçmək (“pass”). Cognate with Turkish geç (“late”), Chuvash каҫ (kaś, “night, evening”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ɟed͡ʒ/, [ɟe̞d͡ʒ]

  • Audio (Baku):

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• IPA^(key): [ɟ̟ed͡z]
• (Tabriz) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒeʒ] (as if spelled *cej)

  • Audio (Tabriz):

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Adjective

gec

1. late (proximate in time)

   gec axşamlar ― late evenings

   gec qışda ― in late winter

Adverb

gec

1. late (proximate in time)

   Dünən axşam gec evə qayıdırdım

   Yesterday, I was coming home late at the evening.

2. too late

   O münasibətimizi bərpa etmək istədi, amma artıq gec idi.

   S/he wanted to restore our relationship, but it was already too late.

   Hələ də gec deyil ― It is still not too late.

Antonyms

• tez

Derived terms

• gec-gec (“seldom”)
• gecikmək (“to be late”)

Descendants

• ⇒ Azerbaijani: gecdən-gec
  • → Armenian: գեջդանգեջ (geǰdangeǰ), գեջդան գեջ (geǰdan geǰ)

Catalan

Etymology

Variant of jac; influenced by jaquet and jaqueta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈʒe̞k]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈʒɛk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒek]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈʒek]

Noun

gec m (plural gecs)

1. jacket

Related terms

• jaqueta

Further reading

• “gec”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “gec”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeːk/
• Rhymes: -eːk

Noun

ġēc m

1. alternative form of ġēac (“cuckoo”)