geean

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaaunaz, literally “with a lamb”. There are no exact cognates, but the archaic sense of ġe- and the use of *aunaz (the original Proto-Germanic word for “lamb,” inherited from Proto-Indo-European and later displaced by *lambaz) show that this word was quite ancient.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈæ͜ɑːn/

Adjective

ġeēan

1. pregnant (with lambs)

Declension

Declension of ġeēan — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġeēan	ġeēan	ġeēan
Accusative	ġeēanne	ġeēane	ġeēan
Genitive	ġeēanes	ġeēanre	ġeēanes
Dative	ġeēanum	ġeēanre	ġeēanum
Instrumental	ġeēane	ġeēanre	ġeēane
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġeēane	ġeēana, ġeēane	ġeēan
Accusative	ġeēane	ġeēana, ġeēane	ġeēan
Genitive	ġeēanra	ġeēanra	ġeēanra
Dative	ġeēanum	ġeēanum	ġeēanum
Instrumental	ġeēanum	ġeēanum	ġeēanum

Declension of ġeēan — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġeēana	ġeēane	ġeēane
Accusative	ġeēanan	ġeēanan	ġeēane
Genitive	ġeēanan	ġeēanan	ġeēanan
Dative	ġeēanan	ġeēanan	ġeēanan
Instrumental	ġeēanan	ġeēanan	ġeēanan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġeēanan	ġeēanan	ġeēanan
Accusative	ġeēanan	ġeēanan	ġeēanan
Genitive	ġeēanra, ġeēanena	ġeēanra, ġeēanena	ġeēanra, ġeēanena
Dative	ġeēanum	ġeēanum	ġeēanum
Instrumental	ġeēanum	ġeēanum	ġeēanum

Related terms

• ēanian