gé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ge"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛː]

Noun

gé n (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Further reading

• “gé”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “gé”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒe/

Noun

gé m (plural gés)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡeː]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɡeː

Noun

gé

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	gé	gék
accusative	gét	géket
dative	gének	géknek
instrumental	gével	gékkel
causal-final	géért	gékért
translative	gévé	gékké
terminative	géig	gékig
essive-formal	géként	gékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	gében	gékben
superessive	gén	géken
adessive	génél	géknél
illative	gébe	gékbe
sublative	gére	gékre
allative	géhez	gékhez
elative	géből	gékből
delative	géről	gékről
ablative	gétől	géktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	géé	géké
non-attributive possessive – plural	gééi	gékéi

Possessive forms of gé

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	gém	géim
2nd person sing.	géd	géid
3rd person sing.	géje	géi
1st person plural	génk	géink
2nd person plural	gétek	géitek
3rd person plural	géjük	géik

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Noun

gé n (genitive singular gés, nominative plural gé)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gé	géið	gé	géin
accusative	gé	géið	gé	géin
dative	géi	géinu	géum	géunum
genitive	gés	gésins	géa	géanna

Declension of gé (neuter)

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟeː/^[1][2]

Etymology 1

gé

From Middle Irish géd m (“goose”),^[3] from Proto-Celtic *gezdā. Cognate with Welsh gŵydd, Cornish goodh and Breton gwaz.

Noun

gé f or m (genitive singular gé or géidh, nominative plural géanna or géidhe or géacha)

1. goose (grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)

Declension

As feminine noun:

Declension of gé (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gé géanna vocative a ghé a ghéanna genitive gé géanna dative gé géanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ghé na géanna genitive na gé na ngéanna dative leis an ngé don ghé leis na géanna

As masculine noun (now archaic):

Declension of gé (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gé géidhe vocative a ghéidh a ghéidhe genitive géidh géidhe dative gé géidhe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gé na géidhe genitive an ghéidh na ngéidhe dative leis an ngé don ghé leis na géidhe

Alternative nominative plural forms: géacha (feminine and masculine), géabha (Cois Fharraige)

Alternative forms

• géadh (archaic)^[4]

Hyponyms

• gandal m (“gander”)

Derived terms

• gé Cheanadach f (“Canada goose”)
• gé ghiúrainn f (“barnacle goose”)
• gé ghlas f (“greylag goose”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gé”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 354
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gé”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gé”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Etymology 2

From Latin gē.

Noun

gé

1. The name of the Latin-script letter g/G.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
• Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

References

1. de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 126, page 52
2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 133
3. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “géd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
4. “gé”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Mutation

Mutated forms of gé

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gé	ghé	ngé

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French gai (“gay, cheerful, merry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡe/
• Rhymes: -e

Adjective

gé

1. happy

   Synonyms: èrè, konten

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• ge — nonstandard

Romanization

gé (ge², Zhuyin ㄍㄜˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 佮
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 匌
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呄
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗝
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噶
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 塥
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嶮 / 崄
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 愅
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挌
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 揶
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搿
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 擱 / 搁
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 敋
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 格
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 槅
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 浦
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 滄 / 沧
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 烖 / 灾
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獦
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砗
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胳
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 膈
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 臵
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茖
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 葛
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛒
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛤
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 裓
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 觡
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 諽
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 輵 / 𬨍, 轕 / 𮝺
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 郃
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉀 / 钾
34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉻 / 铬
35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鎘 / 镉
36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 铬
37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 镉
38. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閗 / 𫔯
39. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閣 / 阁
40. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閤 / 合
41. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 闔 / 阖
42. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阁
43. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阖
44. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隔
45. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 革
46. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鞇
47. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鞷
48. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 韐 / 𱂆
49. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 韚 / 𫠅
50. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 領 / 领
51. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 颌
52. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 骼
53. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 髂
54. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬬
55. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬲
56. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鮯 / 𫚗
57. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鰪
58. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 齃
59. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 騔 / 𩨀

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʲeː/

Verb

·gé

1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of guidid

Mutation

Mutation of gé

radical	lenition	nasalization
·gé	·gé pronounced with /-ɣ(ʲ)-/	·ngé

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.