different between gane vs ganef

Asturian

Verb

gane

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of ganar

Latvian

Etymology

From gans (“shepherd”) +? -e (“fem.”).

Noun

gane f (5th declension, masculine form: gans)

1. (female) shepherd, shepherdess

Declension

Middle English

Etymology

See yawn.

Verb

gane

1. To yawn; to gape.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Scots

Verb

gane

1. past participle of gae

Spanish

Verb

gane

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of ganar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of ganar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of ganar.

Volapük

Noun

gane

1. dative singular of gan

English

Alternative forms

• ganif, ganof, gonef, gonif, goniff, gannef, gonof, gonoff, gonoph, gonnof

Etymology

From Yiddish ????? (ganef), from Hebrew ???? (ganáv, “thief”).

Noun

ganef (plural ganefs or ganevim)

1. (slang, derogatory) A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.
   • 1999, Steve Stern, The Wedding Jester, Graywolf Press, page 86,

     The streets swarmed with hucksters, ganefs, and handkerchief girls who solicited in the shadows of buildings draped in black bunting.

   • 2011, Eric Dezenhall, The Devil Himself, St. Martin's Press (Thomas Dunne Books), page 12,

     I would love to have a little inside knowledge that my grandfather's friends took down a president, but the reality is an endless procession of desperate little ganefs—and most of them are very small—trying to stay one step ahead of cops in suits from Sy Syms.

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• Fagen, Fegan