gey

English

Etymology

Originally a variant form of gay, now associated with distinct senses.

Adverb

gey (comparative more gey, superlative most gey)

1. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) Very. [from 17th c.]
   • 1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Oxford University Press, 2002, p.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, p.213:

     But I'll put a gold chain around his neck, An' a gey good chain it'll be.

Adjective

gey (comparative more gey, superlative most gey)

1. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) Fairly good; considerable. [from 18th c.]
   • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 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

• Egy., yeg

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Manx

Noun

gey m

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Eclipsed form of key.

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Scots

Alternative forms

• gye

Etymology

Alteration of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English gay.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ɡeɪ/, /ɡʌi/

Adverb

gey (not comparable)

1. very
2. quite

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gay.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ɟej/

Noun

gey (definite accusative geyi, plural geyler)

1. A gay, a homosexual male.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	gey
Definite accusative	geyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gey	geyler
Definite accusative	geyi	geyleri
Dative	geye	geylere
Locative	geyde	geylerde
Ablative	geyden	geylerden
Genitive	geyin	geylerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular geyim geylerim 2nd singular geyin geylerin 3rd singular geyi geyleri 1st plural geyimiz geylerimiz 2nd plural geyiniz geyleriniz 3rd plural geyleri geyleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular geyimi geylerimi 2nd singular geyini geylerini 3rd singular geyini geylerini 1st plural geyimizi geylerimizi 2nd plural geyinizi geylerinizi 3rd plural geylerini geylerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular geyime geylerime 2nd singular geyine geylerine 3rd singular geyine geylerine 1st plural geyimize geylerimize 2nd plural geyinize geylerinize 3rd plural geylerine geylerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular geyimde geylerimde 2nd singular geyinde geylerinde 3rd singular geyinde geylerinde 1st plural geyimizde geylerimizde 2nd plural geyinizde geylerinizde 3rd plural geylerinde geylerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular geyimden geylerimden 2nd singular geyinden geylerinden 3rd singular geyinden geylerinden 1st plural geyimizden geylerimizden 2nd plural geyinizden geylerinizden 3rd plural geylerinden geylerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular geyimin geylerimin 2nd singular geyinin geylerinin 3rd singular geyinin geylerinin 1st plural geyimizin geylerimizin 2nd plural geyinizin geylerinizin 3rd plural geylerinin geylerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular geyim geylerim 2nd singular geysin geylersin 3rd singular gey geydir geyler geylerdir 1st plural geyiz geyleriz 2nd plural geysiniz geylersiniz 3rd plural geyler geylerdir

Synonyms

• eşcinsel
• homoseksüel