gầy

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austroasiatic *rgɨj (“thin, lean”) (Sidwell, 2024).

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 阿計 (MC 'a kejH) (modern SV: a kế), 計 (MC kejH) (modern SV: kế) and 𤷍, phonetic 其 (MC gi|ki) (modern SV: kì).

Adjective

gầy • (𤷍, 𤻓, 𤼞)

  1. thin; skinny
    Synonyms: ốm, ròm, tóm, còi
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Etymology 2

Verb

gầy

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of gây (“to cause”)
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