ge

Borrowed from Russian гэ (gɛ).

ge (plural ges)

1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Г / г.

• EG, e.g., E&G, eg, e. g.

• (Myanmar) /ɡɛ˧/

ge

1. Quotation-marking particle, placed at the end of a quote.

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[1], Payap University, page 34

• IPA^(key): /ɡe/

ge inan

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

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒe]
• Rhymes: -e

ge f (plural ges)

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

ge

1. (informal) short for sige

• gij

• IPA^(key): /ɣə/

• Audio:

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ge

1. (dialectal, colloquial) unstressed form of gij (“you”)

   Da ge bedankt zeet da witte!

   You know I'm thankful!

• See usage notes at gij

• eg

Old High German io.

ge

1. (Erzgebirgisch) ever

   von ge har

   ever since

2. (Erzgebirgisch) per
3. (Erzgebirgisch) the

• Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 39

• IPA^(key): /ɡe/
• Hyphenation: ge

• Becomes g’ before a vowel (proclitic).

A g’andám edmān. ― We go there tomorrow.

La g’à parlê. ― She talked to them.

• Becomes -eg when acting as an enclitic (after a consonant).

J-eg vān edmān. ― They go there tomorrow. (imperative, singular)

J-eg dān da fêr. ― They give her trouble.

• Becomes -g when acting as an enclitic (after a vowel).

A-g vag edmān. ― I’m going there tomorrow. (imperative, plural)

A-g pôrt di munjêgi. ― I bring him some apricots.

From Latin illī (nominative plural and dative singular of ille). Cognate with Catalan li and Italian gli.

ge (personal, dative case)

1. him, to him

   Al ge xîva njînta.

   He wasn’t saying anything to him.

2. her, to her
3. them, to them

From Latin hīc (“here”). Cognate with Catalan hi, French y, Italian ci.

ge (adverbial, locative case)

1. here, in here
2. there, in there

   Al ge màt dèinter dl’akwa.

   He puts water in there.

• IPA^(key): /keː/

ge n (genitive singular ges, plural ge)

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

• (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

From g +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): /ɡe/, /ɡɛ/

ge (plural ge-i)

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

• Latin script letter names: literi: a · be · ce · che · de · e · fe · ge · he · i · je · ke · le · me · ne · o · pe · que · re · se · she · te · u · ve · we · xe · ye · ze ^[edit]

From Dutch gee.

• IPA^(key): /ɡe/, [ɡe]

gé (plural ge-ge)

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

• ji (Standard Malay)

• (Latin-script letter names) huruf; a, be, ce, de, e, ef, ge, ha, i, je, ka, el, em, en, o, pe, ki, er, es, te, u, ve, we, eks, ye, zet

• “ge” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

ge

1. The hiragana syllable げ (ge) or the katakana syllable ゲ (ge) in Hepburn romanization.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː]

gē f (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter G.

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

• “ge”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[2]
• “ge”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

ge (ge⁵ / ge⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄍㄜ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 個 / 个

ge

1. nonstandard spelling of gē
2. nonstandard spelling of gé
3. nonstandard spelling of gě
4. nonstandard spelling of gè
5. nonstandard spelling of gê̄

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

ge (Raguileo spelling)

1. (anatomy) eye
2. sight, the ability to see.

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

ge

1. alternative form of ye (“you”)

ge

1. alternative form of heo (“she”)

• IPA^(key): /ɡē/

ge

1. to be good

   U ge à ― It's not good

• gige (“goodness; being good”)
• ège (“goodness”)

ge f (plural ges)

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

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ge

1. as for
2. also, too, and

• gaye
• miinawaa

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/ge-adv-conj

From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from *jīz, an early variation of Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs.

• gī — Northumbrian

• IPA^(key): /jeː/

ġē (West Saxon, Anglian)

1. you (plural): nominative plural of þū

• Middle English: ye, yee, ȝe, ȝee, yeȝ, yhe, ȝhe, ge, iye, yie, ȝie, gie, hye, hie, ȝeo, geo
  • English: ye, yee
  • Scots: ȝe, ye
  • Yola: ye

From Proto-Germanic *jahw, from *ja + *-hw.

• IPA^(key): /je/

ġe

1. and; often doubled as ġe... ġe... ("both... and...")
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

     Gyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?

     If then it ever happen that thou shalt find thyself full whole and full strong, and hast all thy friends with thee, both in mind and in body, and in that same work and in that same will which pleaseth thee best to do, wilt thou then be happy at all?

• Middle English: gea, ȝe, ȝa, ȝi, ye

ge

1. alternative form of je

From Latin illī.

• IPA^(key): /ʒe/

ge

1. to her, to it, or to him

• Spanish: se

ge

1. you

• Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)

ge m or f (invariable)

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

• (Latin-script letter names) lètra; a, bé, cé, dé, e, ëffe, ge, àcca / àca, i, i lóng, càpa, ëlle, èmme, ènne, o, pé, cu, ërre, ësse, té, u, vé, dópi vé / dópi vu / vu dópi, ics, i gréc / ìpsilon, zéta

From Old Irish cía (“although”). Cognate with Irish cé.

ge

1. (dated) although

• ged

• IPA^(key): /ˈxe/ [ˈxe]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: ge

ge f (plural ges)

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

Latin illī; akin to Portuguese lhe, Italian gli.

ge

1. obsolete form of se (as a dative pronoun)

• “ge”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Probably from Ewe gē (“belch”).^[1]

ge

1. to belch, to burp

ge

1. romanization of 𒄀 (ge)

From giva, from Old Swedish giva, from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /jeː/, [ˈjeːə]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eː

ge (present ger, preterite gav, supine gett, imperative ge)

1. to give

   Synonym: giva (dated)

   • 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Book of Matthew, 25:42

     Ty iagh war hungrogh / och j gåffuen migh icke äta. Jagh war torstigh / och j gåffuen migh icke dricka.

     (pre-1906 spelling) Ty jag var hungrig, och I gåfven mig icke äta; jag var törstig, och I gåfven mig icke dricka.

     For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink.

2. (reflexive) to give up, to surrender, to quit
3. to give (to exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield)

• The older full conjugation (giva, giver) is complete with present and past participles. The short conjugation (ge, ger) does not provide acceptable forms for participles (*geende, *gedd), but is now the preferred and dominating choice for other cases (ge, ger, gett).

• ge in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ge in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ge in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• EG, eg.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe/ [ˈɡɛ]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: ge

ge (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒ)

1. clipping of sige

Borrowed from Spanish ge, the Spanish name of the letter G / g.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhe/ [ˈhɛ]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: ge

ge (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒ)

1. (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter G/g, in the Abecedario

   Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) dyi, (in the Abakada alphabet) ga

• he

• IPA^(key): /ɡeː/

ge

1. (distal) that, those

   namo ge ― that chicken

ge

1. (demonstrative) this

   ngori tomau ge ― I want that

   ge foke ― that is a cockroach

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

• IPA^(key): /ɟe/

ge (definite accusative geyi, plural geler)

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

Unlike ke, which also has a "hard" and "soft" variant, the pronunciation /gɑ/ virtually doesn't exist and /ɟe/ is universal.

• (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

ge (definite accusative geni, plural geler)

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

• (Latin-script letter names) harp; a, be, çe, de, e, ä, ef, ge, ha, i, je, že, ke, el, em, en, eň, o, ö, pe, re, se, şa, te, u, ü, we, y, ýy, ze

• IPA^(key): /ɡé/

gé

1. (transitive) to cut something; especially using a tool

   Synonym: ké

2. to segment into parts

   mo gé e wẹ́lẹ́-wẹ́lẹ́ ― I segmented it into small pieces

3. (stative, intransitive) to become cut, snapped, or broken

   Synonym: ké

• ègé (“piece, segment, cutting”)
• ìgé (“the act of slicing”)

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ/

ge

1. sleep

• Focus in an active agentive alignment system the case of Beria Saharan Angelika Jakobi