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geta

geta

See also: getą, gęta, and ge-tà

English

Geta

Noun

geta ‎(plural getas or geta)

  1. A Japanese raised wooden clog, worn with traditional Japanese garments such as the kimono.
    • 1982 July, Robert Dillon, Geta As A Karate Training Tool, Black Belt, page 70,
      The Japanese geta or wooden sandal is a superb, though little-utilized, tool for training in the martial arts. […] The geta are flat, wooden sandals raised on vertical slats.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse geta (whence also English get), from Proto-Germanic *getaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- ‎(“take, seize”). Compare Danish gide, Swedish gitta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcɛːta/ ()
  • Rhymes: -ɛːta

Verb

geta ‎(strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gat, third-person plural past indicative gátum, supine getið)

  1. to be able
  2. to father, to beget
    • Genesis 5:3 (Icelandic, English)
      Adam lifði hundrað og þrjátíu ár. Þá gat hann son í líking sinni, eftir sinni mynd, og nefndi hann Set.
      When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.

Conjugation

getast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að getast
supine
(sagnbót) 		getist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		getandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég gest við getumst present
(nútíð) 		ég getist við getumst
þú gest þið getist þú getist þið getist
hann, hún, það gest þeir, þær, þau getast hann, hún, það getist þeir, þær, þau getist
past
(þátíð) 		ég gast við gátumst past
(þátíð) 		ég gætist við gætumst
þú gast þið gátust þú gætist þið gætust
hann, hún, það gast þeir, þær, þau gátust hann, hún, það gætist þeir, þær, þau gætust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		gest (þú) getist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
gestu getisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
getinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		getinn getin getið getnir getnar getin
accusative
(þolfall) 		getinn getna getið getna getnar getin
dative
(þágufall) 		getnum getinni getnu getnum getnum getnum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		getins getinnar getins getinna getinna getinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		getni getna getna getnu getnu getnu
accusative
(þolfall) 		getna getnu getna getnu getnu getnu
dative
(þágufall) 		getna getnu getna getnu getnu getnu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		getna getnu getna getnu getnu getnu
Usage notes
  • Geta exceptionally requires the supine (sagnbót) form of an accompanying verb, rather than the bare infinitive.

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Noun

geta f ‎(genitive singular getu, nominative plural getur)

  1. ability

Declension

Japanese

Romanization

geta

  1. rōmaji reading of げた
  2. rōmaji reading of ゲタ

Malay

Noun

geta

  1. dais, throne

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Japanese 下駄 ‎(geta).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): [ˈge̞.ta̠]

Noun

geta f ‎(plural getas)

  1. (footwear) geta.

Etymology 2

From Latin Geta, from Ancient Greek Γέτης ‎(Gétēs).

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): [ˈxe̞.ta̠]
  • Homophones: jeta

Noun

geta m, f ‎(plural getas)

  1. (demonym) Geat.

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 下駄 ‎(geta).

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