gei

See also: Gei, géi, gěi, and géì

Translingual

Symbol

gei

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gebe terms

English

Noun

gei (plural geis)

1. Alternative form of gi (“martial arts uniform”).
   • 2003, James Henry Littlefield, Sweet Deal: A Trucker Deal Mystery, page 165:

     I peeled off the sweatshirt and Smith got out of the gei, so we sat there, me in my colorful board shorts, Clarke in a white martial-arts uniform and black belt, Smith in a black Speedo, and Jason in his black muscle-T.

   • 2006, Jackie Grant Miller, Keeper of the Arts: The Story Begins..., page 17:

     The uniform you see me wearing is called a Gei which all students are required to practice in.

Anagrams

• IgE, Ige

Cornish

Noun

gei

1. soft mutation of kei

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɛi̯/
  • (Netherlands) IPA^(key): [χɛ̞ɪ̯]

    • Audio (Netherlands):

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    • (conversative) IPA^(key): [χɛɪ̯]
  • (Belgium) IPA^(key): [ç̠ɛɪ]
• Hyphenation: gei
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯
• Homophone: gij

Etymology 1

Deverbal from geien, gijen (“to furl (a sail) per rope”), from German geien.

Alternative forms

• gij, (obsolete) gey, gy

Noun

gei m or f (plural geien, diminutive geitje n)

1. (nautical) A rope used to furl a sail.

   Synonyms: geilijn, geitouw

2. (nautical, regional) reef (of a sail)

   Synonym: rif

Derived terms

• geiblok
• geifok
• geilijn
• geitouw

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle Dutch gay, gaey, derived from Old French gai. Doublet of gaai and gay.

Alternative forms

• gaai

Adjective

gei (comparative geier, superlative geist)

1. (rare) frisky, frolic, merry

   Synonyms: dartel, jolig

Declension

Declension of gei
uninflected	gei
inflected	geie
comparative	geier
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		gei	geier	het geist het geiste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	geie	geiere	geiste
	n. sing.	gei	geier	geiste
	plural	geie	geiere	geiste
definite		geie	geiere	geiste
partitive		geis	geiers	—

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gei

1. inflection of geien:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

See also

• Gei-Hinnom (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• EGI, Gie, IgE, Ige, eig, eig., gie

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from English gay.

Noun

gei (genitive gei, partitive geid)

1. a gay person

   Kas sa oled gei?

   Are you gay?

Declension

Declension of gei (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		gei	geid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	gei
genitive			geide
partitive		geid	geisid
illative		geisse	geidesse
inessive		geis	geides
elative		geist	geidest
allative		geile	geidele
adessive		geil	geidel
ablative		geilt	geidelt
translative		geiks	geideks
terminative		geini	geideni
essive		geina	geidena
abessive		geita	geideta
comitative		geiga	geidega

See also

• homo
• homoseksuaal
• homoseksuaalne
• homoseksuaalsus

Iberian

Alternative forms

• kei

Etymology

Unknown, compare Basque gehi (“plus”)

Noun

gei

1. plus
2. beyond

References

Villamor, Fernando (2020) A basic dictionary and grammar of the Iberian language

Italian

Etymology

Italianized form of English jay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛj/
• Rhymes: -ɛj
• Hyphenation: gèi

Noun

gei m (invariable)

1. synonym of i lunga

Japanese

Romanization

gei

1. Rōmaji transcription of げい
2. Rōmaji transcription of ゲイ

Luxembourgish

Verb

gei

1. second-person singular imperative of geien

Mandarin

Romanization

gei

1. nonstandard spelling of gěi
2. nonstandard spelling of gèi

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mende (Sierra Leone)

Noun

gei

1. husk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gei

1. imperative of geie

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *ganhuzder.

Old Occitan gaibor.

Old French gaibor.

Middle English gay

English gaybor.

Spanish gei

Borrowed from English gay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡei/ [ˈɡei̯]
• Rhymes: -ei

Noun

gei m or f by sense (plural geis)

1. Humorous spelling of gay

Adjective

gei m or f (masculine and feminine plural geis)

1. Humorous spelling of gay

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡei̯/

Verb

gei

1. soft mutation of cei

Mutation

Mutated forms of cei

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cei	gei	nghei	chei

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

West Makian

Etymology

From original gai, recorded in van der Crab's De Moluksche Eilanden's wordlist (as gaie).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.i/

Verb

gei

1. (stative) alternative form of gai (“dead”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gei (stative verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tigei	migei	agei
2nd person		nigei	figei
3rd person	inanimate	igei	digei
	animate	magei
imperative		—, gei	—, gei

References

• James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics