ged

See also: Ged, GED, and geð

English

Etymology

From Middle English gedde, from Old Norse gedda (“pike”), cognate with Icelandic gedda (“pike”), Danish gedde (“pike”).

Noun

ged (plural geds)

  1. (UK, dialect) The pike or luce.
  2. (Scotland) A greedy person
    • 1808, John Jamieson, A Dictionary of the Scottish Language:
      He's a perfect ged for silver.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰayd- (“goat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡeːd/, [ɡ̊eːˀð], [ɡ̊eðˀ]
  • Rhymes: -eð

Noun

ged c (singular definite geden, plural indefinite geder)

  1. goat (animal)

Inflection
Declension of ged
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ged geden geder gederne
genitive geds gedens geders gedernes

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Contraction of ge +‎ ta.

Conjunction

ged

  1. although, though
    Cha toil leis an leabhar, ged a bha e còrdadh ri a bhean gu dearbh.
    He doesn't like the book, although his wife really enjoyed it.
    Thiginn a steach a rithist ged a chuirteadh a mach mi.
    I would come in again though I were put out.

Synonyms

Volapük

Noun

ged (nominative plural geds)

  1. grey

Declension
declension of ged
singular plural
nominative ged geds
genitive geda gedas
dative gede gedes
accusative gedi gedis
vocative 1 o ged! o geds!
predicative 2 gedu gedus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

See also
Colors in Volapük · köls (layout · text)
     viet      ged      bläg
             red              rojan; braun              yelov
                          grün             
                                       blöv
             violät              purpur              redül
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