Noun: gemaca
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | ġemaca |
| Plural | ġemacan |
Genitive
| Singular | ġemacan |
| Plural | ġemacena |
Dative
| Singular | ġemacan |
| Plural | ġemacum |
Accusative
| Singular | ġemacan |
| Plural | ġemacan |
Sample Sentences
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c. 992, Ælfric, "ON THE PURIFICATION OF ST. MARY"
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and syððan, mid Godes bletsunge, genealæcan hyre gemacan. (and afterwards, with God's blessing, approach her consort.)
Nouns inflected like gemaca
gebedda,
geclofa,
gedwola,
geoloca,
gelonda,
gelanda,
gelenda,
geselda,
getwisa,
gierela,
gefultuma,
giefa,
gimwyrhta,
gefædera,
gedrinca,
gefara,
gealla,
gealga,
gemaca,
genefa, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gamakō, from Proto-Germanic *gamakô, equivalent to ġe- + maca. Cognate with Old Saxon gimako, Old High German gimahho, and Old Norse maki. See: Old Norse Nouns '
maki'.
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