gej

See also: gêj and ġej

Translingual

Symbol

gej

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Gen.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gen terms

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛj/, [ɡej]

Noun

gej m inan

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, bej, cej, čet, ćej, dej, ej, ět, ef, gej, ha, cha, i, jot, ka, eł, el, em, en, ejn, o, pej, er, ejŕ, es, eš, śej, tej, u, wej, y, zet, žet, źej

Polish

geje

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *ganhuzder.

Old Occitan gaibor.

Old French gaibor.

Middle English gay

English gaybor.

Polish gej

Borrowed from English gay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛj/

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• Rhymes: -ɛj
• Syllabification: gej

Noun

gej m pers (related adjective gejowski or gejowy or gejski)

1. gay (homosexual man)

   Coordinate term: lesbijka

Declension

Declension of gej

	singular	plural
nominative	gej	geje
genitive	geja	gejów
dative	gejowi	gejom
accusative	geja	gejów
instrumental	gejem	gejami
locative	geju	gejach
vocative	geju	geje

Derived terms

adjectives

• gejowaty

nouns

• gejostwo

Related terms

adverbs

• gejowato
• gejowsko

Further reading

• “gej”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “gej”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English gay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡêːj/

Noun

gȇj m anim (Cyrillic spelling ге̑ј)

1. a gay person, homosexual (male)

   Synonym: homoseksuálac

   Ja sam gej.

   I'm gay.

Declension

Declension of gej

	singular	plural
nominative	gej	gejevi
genitive	geja	gejeva
dative	geju	gejevima
accusative	geja	gejeve
vocative	geju	gejevi
locative	geju	gejevima
instrumental	gejem	gejevima

Adjective

gȇj (Cyrillic spelling ге̑ј)

1. gay (of, relating to or intended for homosexuals)

   Synonyms: hȍmoseksuālan, homoseksuálčev

   Susreo sam ga u gej baru.

   I met him in a gay bar.

2. (usually derogatory, colloquial) zesty, gay (flamboyant, effeminate)

See also

• homoseksualìzam
• homoseksùālka
• homoseksuálnōst

Slovene

Alternative forms

• gay

Etymology

Borrowed from English gay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ́ːj/
• Rhymes: -ɛ́ːj
• Hyphenation: gej

Noun

gȇj m anim

1. gay (a man who feels sexual attraction to persons of the same sex)

   Synonym: homoseksuȃlec

Declension

First masculine declension (soft o-stem, animate) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	gȇj
gen. sing.	gȇja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	gȇj	gȇja	gȇji
genitive rodȋlnik	gȇja	gȇjev	gȇjev
dative dajȃlnik	gȇju, gȇji	gȇjema, gȇjama	gȇjem, gȇjam
accusative tožȋlnik	gȇja	gȇja	gȇje
locative mẹ̑stnik	gȇju, gȇji	gȇjih, gȇjah	gȇjih, gȇjah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	gȇjem	gȇjema, gȇjama	gȇji
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	gȇj	gȇja	gȇji

Further reading

• “gej”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “gej”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Zaniza Zapotec

Noun

gej

1. rain