Noun: gat
Gender: n
Nominative
| Singular | gāt; gat |
| Plural | gǣt; gatu |
Genitive
| Singular | gǣt; gāte; gates |
| Plural | gāta; gata |
Dative
| Singular | gǣt; gate |
| Plural | gātum; gatum |
Accusative
| Singular | gāt; gat |
| Plural | gǣt; gatu |
Sample Sentences
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Iċ eom wunderliċu wiht, wrǣsne mīne stefne, hwīlum beorce swā hund, hwīlum blǣte swā gāt, hwīlum grǣde swā gōs, hwīlum ġielle swā hafoc,… (I am a wonderful thing, change my voice, sometimes bark like a hound, sometimes bleat like a goat, sometimes cry like a goose, sometimes yell like a hawk,…) [10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 24:]
Nouns inflected like gat
gat,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gaits. Cognate with Old Frisian *gāt, Old Saxon gēt, Old Dutch *geit, Old High German geiȥ, Old Norse geit, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits); and with Latin haedus (“kid”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
geit', Latin Nouns '
haedus'.
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