ged

See also: Ged, GED, and geð

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to Icelandic gedda.”)

Noun

ged (plural geds)

1. (Britain, dialect) The pike or luce.
2. (Scotland) A greedy person
   • 1808, John Jamieson, A Dictionary of the Scottish Language

     He's a perfect ged for silver.

Anagrams

• DEG, EDG, EGD, dEG, deg, deg., egd

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰayd- (“goat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeːd/, [ɡ̊eːˀð], [ɡ̊eðˀ]
• Rhymes: -eð

Noun

ged c (singular definite geden, plural indefinite geder)

1. goat (animal)

Inflection

Declension of ged

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ged	geden	geder	gederne
genitive	geds	gedens	geders	gedernes

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• gad

Etymology

Contraction of ge +‎ ta.

Conjunction

ged

1. although, though

   Cha toil leis an leabhar, ged a bha e còrdadh ri a bhean gu dearbh.

   He doesn't like the book, although his wife really enjoyed it.

   Thiginn a steach a rithist ged a chuirteadh a mach mi.

   I would come in again though I were put out.

Synonyms

• ge

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Volapük

Noun

ged (nominative plural geds)

1. grey

Declension

declension of ged

	singular	plural
nominative	ged	geds
genitive	geda	gedas
dative	gede	gedes
accusative	gedi	gedis
vocative 1	o ged!	o geds!
predicative 2	gedu	gedus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• gedik