# geit
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch geit, from Old Dutch *geit, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣɛi̯t/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: geit
* Rhymes: -ɛi̯t

### Noun

geit f (plural geiten, diminutive geitje n)
* goat, any member of the genus Capra
* goat (Capra aegagrus) or the domesticated goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)
* any female of the genus Capra or of the above (sub)species
* (informal, mildly derogatory) a silly or foolish person, particularly said of girls or adolescent women

#### Derived terms

* berggeit
* geiten
* geitenbok
* geitenbreier
* geitenherder
* geitenhoorn
* geitenkaas
* geitenkeutel
* geitenmelk
* geitenmelker
* geitenneuker
* geitenpad
* hemelgeit
* klipgeit
* sneeuwgeit
* tikgeit
* typgeit
* vooruit met de geit

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: geit

### Anagrams

* giet

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaiːt/
    Rhymes: -aiːt

### Noun

geit f (genitive singular geitar, plural geitir)
* goat

#### Derived terms

* geitarbukkur
* geithavur
* geitarostur

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ceiːt/
    Rhymes: -eiːt

### Noun

geit f (genitive singular geitar, nominative plural geitur)
* a goat

#### Derived terms

* geitamjólk
* geitaostur
* geithafur
* steingeit

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɟɛtʲ/

### Noun

geit f (genitive singular geite, nominative plural geiteanna)
* a jump, a start

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
geit
geiteanna
vocative
a gheit
a gheiteanna
genitive
geite
geiteanna
dative
geit
geiteanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an gheit
na geiteanna
genitive
na geite
na ngeiteanna
dative
leis an ngeit don gheit
leis na geiteanna :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24

## Middle English
### Pronoun

geit
* Alternative form of ȝit

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jæɪ̯t/

### Noun

geit f or m (definite singular geita or geiten, indefinite plural geiter, definite plural geitene)
* a goat

#### Usage notes

* One of the nouns whose feminine form is predominant in formal writing.

#### Derived terms

* geitebukk

### References

* “geit” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɛɪːt/

### Noun

geit f (definite singular geita, indefinite plural geiter, definite plural geitene)
* a goat
* teat, breast
* a nickname for women

#### Derived terms

* boargeit
* geitebukk

### References

* “geit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaits (“goat”), likely from a substrate language.

### Noun

geit f (genitive geitar, plural geitr)
* a she-goat

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: geit
* Faroese: geit
* Norwegian Nynorsk: geit
** → Norwegian Bokmål: geit
* Old Swedish: gēt, ᚵᚽᛏ
** Swedish: get
* Old Danish: gēt
** Danish: ged
*** Norwegian Bokmål: gjet (obsolete)
* Elfdalian: djiet
* Gutnish: gait

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “geit”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian *gāt, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits.
Cognate with Dutch geit, English goat, German Geiß.

### Pronunciation

* (Clay) IPA: /ɡai̯t/
* (Wood) IPA: /ɡɛi̯t/

### Noun

geit c (plural geiten, diminutive geitsje)
* goat

#### Further reading

* “geit”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011