gaai.
jaybird (Garrulus glandarius), a woodland corvine species
Meaning & usage
jaybird (Garrulus glandarius), a woodland corvine species
Where this word comes from
From Old French gai, from Late Latin gaius (“jay”). Further etymology uncertain, though plausibly echoic, and supposedly influenced by the Roman common given name Gaius. Doublet of gay and gei.
a wooden, somewhat bird-shaped target, often ornamented with bright plumes, used in archery competitions
the high wooden stake or tower the above is mounted on
Where this word comes from
A parallel form of papagaai (“parrot”), by popular etymology confused with etymology 1, but actually from Middle Dutch papagoie, papegoie, from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ) and Persian بپغا (bapġâ), of uncertain origin.
a female spouse, notably (and mostly used in the diminutive): a female bird
a female spouse, notably (and mostly used in the diminutive): a female fish
a female spouse, notably (and mostly used in the diminutive): a human mistress or wife
Where this word comes from
A by-form of gade (“spouse”) with syncope of intervocalic -d-, for which compare vlade / vlaai, leder / leer, and so forth.
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