Old English · adjective
gemæc
Normalised ġemæc
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /jeˈmæk/
- Syllables
- je · ˈmæk (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- equalsuitedwell-matchedfittinglike
Meaning
-
equal, like
-
well-matched, suited; fitting
Ðā iċ mē ful ġemæcne monnan funde, heardsǣliġne, hyġeġeōmorne, mōd mīþendne, morþor-hyċġende.
When I found a fully fitting man for me, luckless, sad-minded, soul-hiding, murder-thinking.
10th century, The Wife's Lament:
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġemæc | ġemæc | ġemæc |
| Accusative | ġemæcne | ġemace | ġemæc |
| Genitive | ġemaces | ġemæcre | ġemaces |
| Dative | ġemacum | ġemæcre | ġemacum |
| Instrumental | ġemace | ġemæcre | ġemace |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġemace | ġemacaġemace | ġemæc |
| Accusative | ġemace | ġemacaġemace | ġemæc |
| Genitive | ġemæcra | ġemæcra | ġemæcra |
| Dative | ġemacum | ġemacum | ġemacum |
| Instrumental | ġemacum | ġemacum | ġemacum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġemaca | ġemace | ġemace |
| Accusative | ġemacan | ġemacan | ġemace |
| Genitive | ġemacan | ġemacan | ġemacan |
| Dative | ġemacan | ġemacan | ġemacan |
| Instrumental | ġemacan | ġemacan | ġemacan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġemacan | ġemacan | ġemacan |
| Accusative | ġemacan | ġemacan | ġemacan |
| Genitive | ġemæcraġemacena | ġemæcraġemacena | ġemæcraġemacena |
| Dative | ġemacum | ġemacum | ġemacum |
| Instrumental | ġemacum | ġemacum | ġemacum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gamak, equivalent to ġe- + mæc.
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