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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
gas, twig, a stalk, Ir. gas: *gastâ; Lat. hasta (see gad). Bez. queries if not from *gasksâ, Lit. zagarai, brushwood.
gàsaid, fraw (Dial.):
gasda, excellent, Ir. gasda, clever, ingenious, E. Ir. gasta (do.): *gassavo-s, *gas-tavo, root gad (gad-s); Gr. άγαθός, Eng. good, Lat. habilis?
gasg, a tail: *gad-sko-; Zend zadhañh, podex, Gr. χέζω, cacare.
gasgag, a step, stride: *gad-sko-, root gad, go, M. Ir. gaid, goes; Eng. gait, Ger. gasse, way.
gasradh, salacity in female dogs, W. gast, a bitch; root gas, gat-s, M. Br. gadales, meretrix, Fr. gouïne, O. Ir. goithimm, futuo.
gasraidh, rabble, mercenary soldiers, Ir. gasradh, band of domestic troops, "youths", from gas, military servant; borrowed from the W. gwas, whence Eng. vassal. See fasdadh.
gàt, an iron bar; see gàd.
gath, a dart, sting, Ir. gath, E. Ir. gai, gae, Gaul. gaiso-n; Norse geirr, spear, Ag. S. gâr, Eng. gar-lic; Gr. χαῖος, shepherd's crook; Skr héshas, missile.
ge, whoever, ge b' è, whatever, whoever, Ir. gibé, E. Ir. cé bé; for ge, see co, the interrogative pronoun; bé is the subj. of bì.
ge, though, Ir. gidh, O. Ir. ce, ci, cía; same root as above. See also ged.
geacach, sententious, pert; from Sc. geck, to sport, to deride, Ger. gecken, hoax.
gead, a spot of arable land, a garden bed, a spot in a horse's forehead, Ir. gead:
gead, a lock of hair (H.S.D.); aso "to clip":
geadas, a pike, Ir. geadus; from Norse gedda, Sc. ged, allied to Eng. goad.
gèadh, a goose, Ir. géadh, E. Ir. géd, W. gwydd, O.Cor. guit, auca, Cor. goydh, goose, Br. goaz, gwaz: *gegdo-, root geg, cry like a goose; Norse gagl, wild goose, M.H.G. gage, gige, cry like a goose, gigze produce inarticulate sound; Lit. gagónas, goose-like, Servian gagula, a water-fowl, Russ. gagara, silver-diver (Stokes). It cannot be referred to the roots of Eng. goose and gander (ghans-, ghandro-.
geadhail, a ploughed field, park (Arg., M'A); hence earghalt, arable land: same root as gead, viz., ged, hold, Eng. get.
geal, a leech, E. Ir. gel, W. gel, Cor. ghel, Br. gelaonen; Gr. βδέλλα, βλέτυες, leeches (Hes.); Skr. jalûka, blood-leech; I. E. root gel, devour, Lat. gula, throat, Eng. gullet, etc.
geal, white, Ir. geal, E. Ir. gel: *gelo-, I. E. root ꬶhel, clear, shine, glow; Lit. geltas, pale-yellow; Eng. gleam, glow; Gr. χλίω, be warm, χάλις, unmixed wine; etc. Stokes connects it with Lit. żila-s, grey; the usual derivation joins it with Lat.
