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gast
English
Etymology
From Middle English gasten, from Old English g?stan, from Proto-Germanic *gaistijan?. Also spelled ghast due to association with ghost.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???st/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?æst/
Verb
gast (third-person singular simple present gasts, present participle gasting, simple past and past participle gasted)
- (obsolete) To frighten.
- c. 1374-1385, Geoffrey Chaucer, Hous of Fame
- And be not so a-gast, for shame!
- c. 1374-1385, Geoffrey Chaucer, Hous of Fame
Anagrams
- ATGs, GATS, GTAs, TAGs, gats, stag, tags
Breton
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
gast f (plural gisti)
- (vulgar, derogatory) whore, bitch
Inflection
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??st/
- Hyphenation: gast
- Rhymes: -?st
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *gast, from Proto-Germanic *gastiz.
Noun
gast m (plural gasten, diminutive gastje n)
- guest
- Synonym: genodigde
- Antonyms: gastheer, gastvrouw
- (chiefly in combinations) knave, worker, apprentice, delivery boy
- Antonyms: meester, stagemeester
- (colloquial) dude, guy
- Synonyms: gozer, vent
Derived terms
- vergasten
- bakkersgast
- eregast
- slagersgast
- spuitgast
- gastenverblijf
- gastheer
- gasthuis
- gastorganisme
- gastrecht
- gastvriend
- gastvrij
- gastvrouw
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
gast
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of gassen
- (archaic) plural imperative of gassen
Gothic
Romanization
gast
- Romanization of ????????????????
Icelandic
Verb
gast
- singular past indicative of getast
Middle English
Noun
gast
- Alternative form of gost
Old English
Alternative forms
- g?st, gaast
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???st/
Noun
g?st m (nominative plural g?stas)
- spirit
- ghost
- breath
Declension
Derived terms
- g?stl?? (“spiritual”)
Descendants
- Middle English: gast, gost
- Scots: gast, gaist
- English: ghost
Old French
Alternative forms
- wast
Noun
gast m (oblique plural gaz or gatz, nominative singular gaz or gatz, nominative plural gast)
- destruction
Adjective
gast m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gaste)
- destroyed; ravaged; decimated
Descendants
- English: waste (from the variant wast)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (gast)
- gast on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- g?st
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gaist. Cognates include Old English g?st and Old Saxon g?st.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?st/
Noun
g?st m
- ghost, spirit
Descendants
- Saterland Frisian: Gäist
- West Frisian: geast
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN, page 28
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gasti, see also Old Norse gestr, Latin hostis (“enemy”).
Noun
gast m (plural gesti)
- guest
Declension
Descendants
- Middle High German: gast
- German: Gast
- ? Esperanto: gasto
- Luxembourgish: Gaascht
- Yiddish: ?????? (gast)
- German: Gast
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gasti, whence also Old English ?iest.
Noun
gast m
- guest
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: gast
- Westphalian:
- Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Gast
- Sauerländisch: Gast
- Westmünsterländisch: Gast
- Plautdietsch: Gaust
- ? Saterland Frisian: Gast
- ? West Frisian: gast
- Westphalian:
Swedish
Etymology 1
See gäst
Noun
gast c
- A crew member on a ship
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish gaster, possibly borrowed from Old Frisian g?st, from Proto-West Germanic *gaist.
Noun
gast c
- (dated or poetic, dialect) A ghost
Declension
Anagrams
- sagt, stag, tags
Welsh
Etymology
From Irish gast, from Proto-Celtic *gasliy?, from *gas, of uncertain ultimate origin, but compare French gouine (“lesbian”), and Proto-Brythonic *gw??in (“sheath”).
Noun
gast f (plural geist)
- (vulgar, derogatory, offensive) bitch
Mutation
References
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galt
English
Noun
galt
- Alternative form of gault
Anagrams
- LGAT
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German galt, from Old High German galt, perhaps the past participle of galan (“to sing, do magic, bewitch”) (from the belief that sterile or un-milch cows are bewitched), from Proto-Germanic *galan? (“to shout, yell; to charm; to sing”).
Compare Cimbrian galt (“not milch; barren”), Carinthian galt (“infertile or pregnant (therefore not milch)”), Swabian gall (“(of sheep) not pregnant”), German gelt (“infertile”), Tyrolean galt (“unfarmed land”), Danish gold (“barren; sterile; not milch”), Old Swedish galdvider (“barren tree”).
Adjective
galt
- (Uri, of cows) Not milch.
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.
- „galt“, in: Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm, Erstbearbeitung (1854–1960), digitalisierte Version im Digitalen Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, abgerufen am 23.05.2020.
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German galt, from Old High German galt, perhaps the past participle of galan (“to sing, do magic, bewitch”) (from the belief that sterile or un-milch cows are bewitched), from Proto-Germanic *galan? (“to shout, yell; to charm; to sing”).
Compare Alemannic German galt (“not milch”), Carinthian galt (“infertile or pregnant (therefore not milch)”), Swabian gall (“(of sheep) not pregnant”), German gelt (“infertile”), Tyrolean galt (“unfarmed land”), Danish gold (“barren; sterile; not milch”), Old Swedish galdvider (“barren tree”).
Adjective
galt (Sette Comuni)
- (especially of cows) Not milch.
- (also of human women) barren, infertile
Declension
References
- “galt” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
- „galt“, in: Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm, Erstbearbeitung (1854–1960), digitalisierte Version im Digitalen Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, abgerufen am 23.05.2020.
German
Pronunciation
Verb
galt
- first/third-person singular preterite of gelten
Icelandic
Verb
galt
- first-person singular past indicative of gjalda
- third-person singular past indicative of gjalda
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
galt
- neuter singular of gal
Adverb
galt
- wrong
References
- “gal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- galte
Etymology
From Old Norse galti, galtr, g?ltr, from Proto-Germanic *galtuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lt/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
galt m (definite singular galten, indefinite plural galtar, definite plural galtane)
- a male pig, especially one that is castrated
- Synonyms: hanngris, råne
References
- “galt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- lagt
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish galter, from Old Norse g?ltr, from Proto-Germanic *galtô.
Noun
galt c
- boar; male pig
Declension
Etymology 2
Verb
galt
- supine of gala.
Anagrams
- lagt
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