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

Emoji

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