gey
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally a variant form of gay, now associated with distinct senses.
Adverb
[edit]gey (not comparable)
- (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) Very. [from 17th c.]
- 1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Oxford University Press, published 2002, page 207:
- I am nae believer in auld wives' stories about ghaists, though this is gey like a place for them - But mortal, or of the other world, here they come! - twa men and a light.
- 2001, David Thomson, The People of the Sea: Celtic Tales of the Seal-folk, Canongate Books, page 213:
- But I'll put a gold chain around his neck, An' a gey good chain it'll be.
Adjective
[edit]gey (comparative geyer, superlative geyest)
- (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) Fairly good; considerable. [from 18th c.]
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 16:
- They were married next New Year's Day, and Ellison had begun to think himself a gey man in Kinraddie, and maybe one of the gentry.
Anagrams
[edit]Azerbaijani
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[edit]Noun
[edit]gey (definite accusative geyi, plural geylər)
- A gay, a homosexual male.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homoseksual
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | gey | geylər |
definite accusative | geyi | geyləri |
dative | geyə | geylərə |
locative | geydə | geylərdə |
ablative | geydən | geylərdən |
definite genitive | geyin | geylərin |
Manx
[edit]Noun
[edit]gey m
- Eclipsed form of key.
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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key | chey | gey |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Scots
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[edit]gey (not comparable)
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gey (definite accusative geyi, plural geyler)
- A gay, a homosexual male.
- Synonyms: eşcinsel, homoseksüel
Declension
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