Old English · adjective
geean
Normalised ġeēan
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /jeˈæ͜ɑːn/
- Syllables
- je · ˈæ͜ɑːn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- pregnantlambs
Meaning
-
pregnant (with lambs)
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġeēan | ġeēan | ġeēan |
| Accusative | ġeēanne | ġeēane | ġeēan |
| Genitive | ġeēanes | ġeēanre | ġeēanes |
| Dative | ġeēanum | ġeēanre | ġeēanum |
| Instrumental | ġeēane | ġeēanre | ġeēane |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġeēane | ġeēanaġeēane | ġeēan |
| Accusative | ġeēane | ġeēanaġeēane | ġeēan |
| Genitive | ġeēanra | ġeēanra | ġeēanra |
| Dative | ġeēanum | ġeēanum | ġeēanum |
| Instrumental | ġeēanum | ġeēanum | ġeēanum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġeēana | ġeēane | ġeēane |
| Accusative | ġeēanan | ġeēanan | ġeēane |
| Genitive | ġeēanan | ġeēanan | ġeēanan |
| Dative | ġeēanan | ġeēanan | ġeēanan |
| Instrumental | ġeēanan | ġeēanan | ġeēanan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġeēanan | ġeēanan | ġeēanan |
| Accusative | ġeēanan | ġeēanan | ġeēanan |
| Genitive | ġeēanraġeēanena | ġeēanraġeēanena | ġeēanraġeēanena |
| Dative | ġeēanum | ġeēanum | ġeēanum |
| Instrumental | ġeēanum | ġeēanum | ġeēanum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gaaunaz, literally “with a lamb”. There are no exact cognates, but the archaic sense of ġe- and the use of *aunaz (the original Proto-Germanic word for “lamb,” inherited from Proto-Indo-European and later displaced by *lambaz) show that this word was quite ancient.
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