gæi

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from English guy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaiːjɪ/
    Rhymes: -aiːjɪ

Note the irregularity in the spelling: written <g> is normally /c/ before <æ>. This is due to it being a loan word.

Noun

gæi m (genitive singular gæja, nominative plural gæjar)

  1. (colloquial) a cool, tough guy, a dude
    Hann er svaka gæi. ― He's a very cool dude.
  2. (colloquial) a guy, a man, a dude
    Ég hitti einhvern gæja niðri í bæ áðan. ― I met some guy downtown earlier today.
  3. (colloquial) thingy, a tool, whatchamacallit
    Áttu svona gæja til að festa þetta sama? ― Do you have a tool to clamp this togehter?

Declension

Declension of gæi (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gæi gæinn gæjar gæjarnir
accusative gæja gæjann gæja gæjana
dative gæja gæjanum gæjum gæjunum
genitive gæja gæjans gæja gæjanna
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