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gey

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Translingual

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gey

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

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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

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From English gay.

Pronunciation

Noun

gey (definite accusative geyi, plural geylər)

  1. A gay, a homosexual male.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homoseksual

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information nominative, singular ...
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Manx

Noun

gey m

  1. eclipsed form of key

Mutation

More information radical, lenition ...

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

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

Alteration of English gay.

Pronunciation

Adverb

gey (not comparable)

  1. very
  2. quite

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gay.

Pronunciation

Noun

gey (definite accusative geyi, plural geyler)

  1. A gay, a homosexual male.
    Synonyms: eşcinsel, homoseksüel

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

Further reading

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