ger
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Mongolian гэр (ger).
Pronunciation
Noun
ger (plural gers)
- A yurt.
- 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 133:
- The new bek's great-grandfather had passed every night of his life under the sky, on the back of a pony or in the felt walls of a ger, and Buljan retained the ancestral contempt for cities and city dwellers.
- 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 133:
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hebrew גֵּר (ger).
Noun
ger (plural gerim)
- A male convert to Judaism.
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *gaura. Compare Lithuanian gauras (“hair, down, tuft of hair”), Latvian gauri (“pubic hair”) and Middle Irish gúaire (“hair”).[1]
Noun
ger m
- squirrel (furry)
Related terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ger”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 112
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *gėr, from Proto-Celtic *garyo- (“word, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r-, zero grade of *ǵeh₂r-.
Cognate with Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, “voice, speech”), Khotanese [script needed] (ysār-, “to sing”), Latin garriō (“chatter”), Old English caru (“sorrow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ger m (plural gerioù)
- word
- 1990, Thomas Arwyn Watkins, Martin John Ball, Celtic Linguistics / Ieithyddiaeth Geltaidd: Readings in the Brythonic Languages. p. 202.
- Skrijal a rae Loeiz o tistagan ar ger [...] 'Louis screamed in pronouncing the word'.
- 1990, Thomas Arwyn Watkins, Martin John Ball, Celtic Linguistics / Ieithyddiaeth Geltaidd: Readings in the Brythonic Languages. p. 202.
Derived terms
- geriadur ("dictionary")
Inflection
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Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *gėr, from Proto-Celtic *garyo- (“word, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r-, zero grade of *ǵeh₂r-.
Cognate with Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, “voice, speech”), Khotanese [script needed] (ysār-, “to sing”), Latin garriō (“chatter”), Old English ċearu (“sorrow”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
ger m (plural geryow)
Derived terms
Mutation
Faroese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
ger
Conjugation
Conjugation of gera (group v-31) | ||
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infinitive | gera | |
supine | gjørt | |
participle (a7)1 | gerandi | gjørdur |
present | past | |
first singular | geri | gjørdi |
second singular | gert | gjørdi |
third singular | ger | gjørdi |
plural | gera | gjørdu |
imperative | ||
singular | ger! | |
plural | gerið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Etymology 2
From Old Norse [Term?].
Noun
ger f (genitive singular gerar, uncountable)
Declension
Declension of ger (singular only) | ||
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f2s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ger | gerin |
accusative | ger | gerina |
dative | ger | gerini |
genitive | gerar | gerarinnar |
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Danish gær, from Old Norse gerð, from Proto-Germanic *garwidō.
Noun
ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)
Declension
Synonyms
- (yeast): jöstur
Etymology 2
From Old Norse gør, from Proto-Germanic *garwiją or *gerwą.
Noun
ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)
Declension
Etymology 3
From Old Norse gerr, gjǫrr, gǫrr, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.
Adjective
ger (not comparable)
- ready, fully prepared
Inflection
Etymology 4
From Old Norse gerr, cognate with Old High German ger (“greedy”).
Adjective
ger (comparative gerari, superlative gerastur)
Inflection
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | gerari | gerari | gerara |
accusative | gerari | gerari | gerara |
dative | gerari | gerari | gerara |
genitive | gerari | gerari | gerara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | gerari | gerari | gerari |
accusative | gerari | gerari | gerari |
dative | gerari | gerari | gerari |
genitive | gerari | gerari | gerari |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | gerastur | gerust | gerast |
accusative | gerastan | gerasta | gerast |
dative | gerustum | gerastri | gerustu |
genitive | gerasts | gerastrar | gerasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | gerastir | gerastar | gerust |
accusative | gerasta | gerastar | gerust |
dative | gerustum | gerustum | gerustum |
genitive | gerastra | gerastra | gerastra |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | gerasti | gerasta | gerasta |
accusative | gerasta | gerustu | gerasta |
dative | gerasta | gerustu | gerasta |
genitive | gerasta | gerustu | gerasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | gerustu | gerustu | gerustu |
accusative | gerustu | gerustu | gerustu |
dative | gerustu | gerustu | gerustu |
genitive | gerustu | gerustu | gerustu |
Etymology 5
From Old Norse gerr, gjǫrr, gørr, from Proto-Germanic *garwiz, comparative of the adverb corresponding to ger (3).
Adverb
ger (comparative form; superlative gerst)
- better, more thoroughly
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Variant of ġēar.
Pronunciation
Noun
ġēr n (nominative plural ġēr)
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”).
Noun
gēr m
Descendants
Old Saxon
Etymology
Variant of jār.
Noun
ger n
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | gēr | gēr |
accusative | gēr | gēr |
genitive | gēres | gērō |
dative | gēre | gērun |
instrumental | — | — |
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ger n (plural geruri)
- frost (cold weather that causes frost to form)
- frigidness, frosty weather
Declension
Derived terms
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See also
Swedish
Pronunciation
Verb
ger
- (deprecated template usage) present tense of ge., contracted from the archaic giver
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh gor (“over, next to”), from Old Welsh guor, from Proto-Brythonic *wor, from Proto-Celtic *uɸor (“over, next to”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér. Cognate with Irish for.
Pronunciation
Preposition
ger
Derived terms
Westrobothnian
Adjective
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