Old English · noun
gemaca
Normalised ġemaca
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /jeˈmɑ.kɑ/
- Syllables
- je · ˈmɑ · kɑ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- spouseanimal'sbreedingmakematchmateequalconsort
Meaning
-
equal, match
-
spouse, consort
and syððan, mid Godes bletsunge, genealæcan hyre gemacan.
and afterwards, with God's blessing, approach her consort.
c. 992, Ælfric, "ON THE PURIFICATION OF ST. MARY" -
mate (an animal's breeding partner)
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gamakō, from Proto-Germanic *gamakô, equivalent to ġe- + maca. Cognate with Old Saxon gimako, Old High German gimahho, and Old Norse maki.
Descendants
make
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