different between gry vs gey

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

gry (plural gries)

1. (archaic) A small amount.
2. (archaic) One hundredth of an inch in the decimal system of measurement devised by John Locke

Etymology 2

Abbreviation

Alternative forms

• gry.

Noun

gry (plural grys)

1. Abbreviation of gray or grey (the color)

Adjective

gry (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of grey or gray (the color)

Anagrams

• Gyr, RGY

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??? (grû).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ry?/, [?ry?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ri/, [?ri]

Noun

gr? n (indeclinable)

1. the least amount; scrap, crumb
2. dirt under the fingernails

References

• gry in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gry in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

gry (imperative gry, present tense gryr, passive -, simple past grydde, past participle grydd, present participle gryende)

1. (of a day) to dawn, begin to get light

References

• “gry” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gry (present tense gryr, past tense grydde, past participle grydd/grytt, passive infinitive gryast, present participle gryande, imperative gry)

1. to dawn (a day)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?/

Noun

gry

1. inflection of gra:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Swedish

Etymology 1

Related to gryt, gryta, and English grit, all from Proto-Germanic *greut?.

Noun

gry n

1. grit (personal trait; in the expression gott gry), courage, spirit

Etymology 2

Cognate with grå.

Verb

gry (present gryr, preterite grydde, supine grytt, imperative gry)

1. to dawn
   • 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Kolvaktaren

Conjugation

Related terms

• gryning

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English grey, from Old English gr??, from Proto-Germanic *gr?waz.

Adjective

gry

1. grey

Noun

gry

1. grey

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

Originally a variant form of gay, now associated with distinct senses.

Adverb

gey (not comparable)

1. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) Very. [from 17th c.]
   • 1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Oxford University Press, 2002, p.207:

     I am nae believer in auld wives' stories about ghaists, though this is gey like a place for them - But mortal, or of the other world, here they come! - twa men and a light.

   • 2001, David Thomson, The People of the Sea: Celtic Tales of the Seal-folk, Canongate Books, p.213:

     But I'll put a gold chain around his neck, An' a gey good chain it'll be.

Adjective

gey (comparative geyer, superlative geyest)

1. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) Fairly good; considerable. [from 18th c.]
   • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 16:

     They were married next New Year's Day, and Ellison had begun to think himself a gey man in Kinraddie, and maybe one of the gentry.

Anagrams

• Egy., yeg

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From English gay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ej/

Noun

gey (definite accusative geyi, plural geyl?r)

1. A gay, a homosexual male.

   Synonym: homoseksual

Declension

Related terms

• götv?r?n (offensive). See more related terms there.

Manx

Noun

gey m

1. Eclipsed form of key.

Mutation

Scots

Alternative forms

• gye

Etymology

Alteration of English gay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?/, /??i/

Adverb

gey (not comparable)

1. very
2. quite

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?/

Noun

gey (definite accusative geyi, plural geyler)

1. A gay, a homosexual male.

Declension

Synonyms

• e?cinsel
• homoseksüel