gey

Translingual

Symbol

gey

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Enya.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Enya terms

English

Etymology

Originally a variant form of gay, now associated with distinct senses.

Adverb

gey (not comparable)

1. (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

gey (comparative geyer, superlative geyest)

1. (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

• Egy., yeg

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		ҝеј
Arabic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *ganhuzder.

Old Occitan gaibor.

Old French gaibor.

Middle English gay

English gayder.

Azerbaijani gey

Derived from English gay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɟej], [ɟ͡ʝej]

Noun

gey (definite accusative geyi, plural geylər)

1. A gay, a homosexual male.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homoseksual

Declension

Declension of gey

	singular	plural
nominative	gey	geylər
definite accusative	geyi	geyləri
dative	geyə	geylərə
locative	geydə	geylərdə
ablative	geydən	geylərdən
definite genitive	geyin	geylərin

Possessive forms of gey

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	geyim	geylərim
sənin (“your”)	geyin	geylərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	geyi	geyləri
bizim (“our”)	geyimiz	geylərimiz
sizin (“your”)	geyiniz	geyləriniz
onların (“their”)	geyi or geyləri	geyləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	geyimi	geylərimi
sənin (“your”)	geyini	geylərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	geyini	geylərini
bizim (“our”)	geyimizi	geylərimizi
sizin (“your”)	geyinizi	geylərinizi
onların (“their”)	geyini or geylərini	geylərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	geyimə	geylərimə
sənin (“your”)	geyinə	geylərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	geyinə	geylərinə
bizim (“our”)	geyimizə	geylərimizə
sizin (“your”)	geyinizə	geylərinizə
onların (“their”)	geyinə or geylərinə	geylərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	geyimdə	geylərimdə
sənin (“your”)	geyində	geylərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	geyində	geylərində
bizim (“our”)	geyimizdə	geylərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	geyinizdə	geylərinizdə
onların (“their”)	geyində or geylərində	geylərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	geyimdən	geylərimdən
sənin (“your”)	geyindən	geylərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	geyindən	geylərindən
bizim (“our”)	geyimizdən	geylərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	geyinizdən	geylərinizdən
onların (“their”)	geyindən or geylərindən	geylərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	geyimin	geylərimin
sənin (“your”)	geyinin	geylərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	geyinin	geylərinin
bizim (“our”)	geyimizin	geylərimizin
sizin (“your”)	geyinizin	geylərinizin
onların (“their”)	geyinin or geylərinin	geylərinin

Further reading

• Altun Kitab (2013–), “gey”, in Azleks

Manx

Noun

gey m

1. eclipsed form of key

Mutation

Mutation of key

radical	lenition	eclipsis
key	chey	gey

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

Mwotlap

Etymology

From Proto-Torres-Banks *karu, from Proto-North-Central Vanuatu *kaʀu, from Proto-Oceanic *kaʀu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣ̞ɛj/

Verb

gey (reduplication geygey)

1. (intransitive) to wade through water; to ford a river (especially between the Lahlap beach and the Aya islet)

   No me-gey yow dēn̄ ni-siok.

   I began to wade right up to the canoe.

2. (intransitive) to swim, to move through water without touching the bottom

   Near-synonym: suwsuw (“to bathe”)

   Kemem me-gey ēwē.

   We are out of our depth.

   (literally, “We are swimming only.”)

   Nē-nētm̄ey ni-geygey misimsin, na-bago ni-n̄it kē.

   The child swam too slowly, he got bitten by the shark.

3. (intransitive, slang) to clear off, to go away, to leave

   Kemem so gey ēgēn.

   We are going to clear off now.

   (literally, “We are going to swim now.”)

4. (transitive) to push something that floats through water, while being in the water oneself

   gey ni-siok le-naw ― to push a canoe through the waves

   gey na-hay ― to move through water whilst pushing the coconut net

Derived terms

• gey hay (“to go fishing with a liana”)
• ne-geyhay (“vine fishing”)

References

• François, Alexandre (2026), “gey”, in Online Mwotlap–English–French cultural dictionary‎^[1] (electronic files; overall work in English and French), Paris: CNRS

  PDF version

Scots

Alternative forms

• gye

Etymology

Alteration of English gay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeɪ/, /ɡʌi/

Adverb

gey (not comparable)

1. very
2. quite

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *ganhuzder.

Old Occitan gaibor.

Old French gaibor.

Middle English gay

English gaybor.

Turkish gey

Borrowed from English gay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟej/

Noun

gey (definite accusative geyi, plural geyler)

1. a gay, a homosexual male

   Synonyms: eşcinsel, homoseksüel

Declension

Declension of gey

singular plural nominative gey geyler definite accusative geyi geyleri dative geye geylere locative geyde geylerde ablative geyden geylerden genitive geyin geylerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular geyim geylerim 2nd singular geyin geylerin 3rd singular geyi geyleri 1st plural geyimiz geylerimiz 2nd plural geyiniz geyleriniz 3rd plural geyleri geyleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular geyimi geylerimi 2nd singular geyini geylerini 3rd singular geyini geylerini 1st plural geyimizi geylerimizi 2nd plural geyinizi geylerinizi 3rd plural geylerini geylerini dative singular plural 1st singular geyime geylerime 2nd singular geyine geylerine 3rd singular geyine geylerine 1st plural geyimize geylerimize 2nd plural geyinize geylerinize 3rd plural geylerine geylerine locative singular plural 1st singular geyimde geylerimde 2nd singular geyinde geylerinde 3rd singular geyinde geylerinde 1st plural geyimizde geylerimizde 2nd plural geyinizde geylerinizde 3rd plural geylerinde geylerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular geyimden geylerimden 2nd singular geyinden geylerinden 3rd singular geyinden geylerinden 1st plural geyimizden geylerimizden 2nd plural geyinizden geylerinizden 3rd plural geylerinden geylerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular geyimin geylerimin 2nd singular geyinin geylerinin 3rd singular geyinin geylerinin 1st plural geyimizin geylerimizin 2nd plural geyinizin geylerinizin 3rd plural geylerinin geylerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular geyim geylerim 2nd singular geysin geylersin 3rd singular gey geydir geyler geylerdir 1st plural geyiz geyleriz 2nd plural geysiniz geylersiniz 3rd plural geyler geylerdir

Derived terms

• geylik

Further reading

• “gey”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “gey”, in Nişanyan Sözlük