geat

See also: Geat

English

Alternative forms

• gate, git

Etymology

See gate. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiːt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

geat (plural geats)

1. (obsolete) The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mould in casting.

   Synonym: sprue

   • 1677–1683, Joseph Moxon, “(please specify the page)”, in Mechanick Exercises, or The Doctrine of Handy-Works, […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Joseph Moxon, published 1678–1683, →OCLC:

     the Geat of the Ladle

References

• “geat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• -gate, EGTA, ETag, GATE, Gate, e-tag, gate, geta

Cimbrian

Verb

geat

1. third-person singular present indicative of gian

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Participle

geat

1. past participle of atten

Declension

Declension of geat
uninflected	geat
inflected	geatte
		positive
predicative/adverbial		geat
indefinite	m./f. sing.	geatte
	n. sing.	geat
	plural	geatte
definite		geatte
partitive		geats

Northern Sami

Pronoun

geat

1. nominative plural of gii

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġæt
• ġet — Vespasian Psalter Mercian
• gat

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą. Cognate with Old Frisian jet, Old Saxon gat, Old Dutch *gat, Old Norse gat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæ͜ɑt/
• Rhymes: -æ͜ɑt

Noun

ġeat n

1. gate

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġeat	gatu
accusative	ġeat	gatu
genitive	ġeates	gata
dative	ġeate	gatum

Derived terms

• helleġeat

Descendants

• Middle English: ȝeat, ȝat, ȝate, ȝet, gat, gate
  • English: gate; yate (dialectal)
    • → Welsh: gât, gêt
  • Scots: ȝet, ȝett, yet, yett
  • → Middle Irish: *geta
    • Irish: geata
  • → Welsh: iet