ga
Irish (Donegal)
/ɡa/
noun
Definitions
- spear long stick with a sharp tip, dart
- dart, sting
- ray beam of light or radiation
- (geometry) radius line segment between any point on the circumference of a circle and its center, length of this segment
- (medicine) suppository
- (fishing) gaff
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish gath (spear) inherited from Proto-Celtic *gaisos (spear) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (spear, pointed stick).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰays-
Gloss
spear, pointed stick
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
戈
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gweedore English
- gaesum Latin
- γαῖσον Ancient Greek
- γαῖσος Ancient Greek
- *ǵʰays- Proto-Indo-European
- *gaizaz Proto-Germanic
- Gardene Old English
- garleac Old English
- garsecg Old English
- gār Old English
- toþgar Old English
- gar Middle English
- gare Middle English
- Fianna Fáil Irish
- Fáil Irish
- Fál Irish
- Gaoth Dobhair Irish
- aibidh Irish
- aibí Irish
- aipche Irish
- airigh Irish
- airithe Irish
- airitheach Irish
- alfa Irish
- alfa-gha Irish
- dobhair Irish
- dobhar Irish
- fiann Irish
- fianna Irish
- ga-shiméadrach Irish
- ga-shiméadracht Irish
- gaoth Irish
- mac Irish
- mac tíre Irish
- perceive, sense Irish
- siméadrach Irish
- siméadracht Irish
- tiomsaigh Irish
- tiomsaithe Irish
- tiomsaitheach Irish
- tír Irish
- tíre Irish
- warrior Irish
- gwayw Welsh
- gwaywffon Welsh
- gae Old Irish
- gath Old Irish
- macc tíre Old Irish
- *gaiʀ gmw-pro
- *gaisos Proto-Celtic
- gezi Basque
- *gaisos Gaulish