different between tait vs gait

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t
• Homophones: tate, Tate, Tait

Noun

tait (plural taits)

1. The honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus).

Anagrams

• Tati, at it

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?/

Verb

tait

1. third-person singular present indicative of taire

Old Irish

Verb

tait

1. Alternative spelling of taít

Scots

Alternative forms

• tate, tett, teat, tatte

Noun

tait (plural taits)

1. A lock of matted hair.
2. A small portion of anything fibrous.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t
• Homophone: gate

Etymology 1

From Middle English gate (“way”), from Old Norse gata (“road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatw?. Compare gate.

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

1. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.

   Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.

2. (equestrianism) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.

Translations

Verb

gait (third-person singular simple present gaits, present participle gaiting, simple past and past participle gaited)

1. To teach a specific gait to a horse.

Etymology 2

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

1. (Britain, dialect) A sheaf of corn.
2. (Britain, dialect) A charge for pasturage.

Anagrams

• Gita, taig

Middle English

Noun

gait

1. (rare) Alternative form of gate (“way”)

Old Irish

Etymology

Matasovi? derives this from Proto-Celtic *gozdis, a variant of *gostis, from Proto-Indo-European *g?óstis (“stranger”). The irregular vowel change is a dissimilation from got (“stammering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ad?/

Noun

gait f (genitive gaite, nominative plural gata)

1. verbal noun of gataid: theft

Inflection

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

References

Scots

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

1. goat
2. Alternative form of gate (“way”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ai?t/

Verb

gait

1. Soft mutation of cait.

Mutation