git

See also: Git, gît, and GIT

English

Alternative forms

• get

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle English get ‎(“offspring", especially "illegitimate offspring”). A southern variant of Scots get ‎(“illegitimate child, brat”), related to beget. (from Online Etymology Dictionary)

Noun

git ‎(plural gits)

1. (Britain, slang, pejorative) A contemptible person.
2. (Britain, slang, pejorative) A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying, or childish person (usually a man).
   • 1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 1:

     Bit of a flash git, don't you think?

   • 2007, Greg Weston, The Man Upstairs, ISBN 978-1-84799-957-3, page 124:

     Eventually God gives the donkey a voice and it says, "why're you beating me you great stupid git? It's the angel with the sword that you gotta be careful of," or words to that effect.

Usage notes

• 'Git' is usually used as an insult, more severe than twit but less severe than a true profanity like wanker or arsehole, and may often be used affectionately between friends. 'Get' can also be used, with a subtle change of meaning. 'You cheeky get!' is slightly less harsh than 'You cheeky git!'.
• 'Git' is frequently used in conjunction with another word to achieve a more specific meaning. For instance a "smarmy git" refers to a person of a slimy, ingratiating disposition; a "jammy git" would be a person with undeserved luck. The phrase "grumpy old git", denoting a cantankerous old man, is used with particular frequency.
• In parts of northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, 'get' is still used in preference to 'git'. In the Republic of Ireland, 'get', rather than 'git' is used.
• The word has been ruled by the Speaker of the House of Commons to be unparliamentary language.

Translations

A contemptible person

• German: Idiot (de) m, Blödmann (de) m, Dummkopf (de) m
• Russian: мерза́вец (ru) m ‎(merzávec)

• Spanish: pendejo (es) m, bastardo (es) m, cretino (es) m

A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person

• Dutch: geit (nl) f
• Russian: дура́к (ru) m ‎(durák)

Verb

git ‎(third-person singular simple present gits, present participle gitting, simple past and past participle gitted)

1. (Appalachia, Southern US, African American Vernacular) To get.
2. (Appalachia, Southern US, African American Vernacular) To leave.

Etymology 2

Noun

git ‎(plural gits)

1. Alternative form of geat (channel in metal casting)

Anagrams

• tig

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Dutch

Etymology

From French jet, or directly from Latin gagātēs after Ancient Greek Γαγάτης ‎(Gagátēs), from Γάγας ‎(Gágas, “a town and river in Lycia”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

git n, f ‎(plural gitten, diminutive gitje n)

1. (neuter) lignite
2. (neuter) jet (black, gemstone-like geological material)
3. (masculine) a stone made of this material

Derived terms

• gitzwart (jet-black, the blackest black)

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French

Verb

git

1. Alternative spelling of gît (third-person singular present indicative of gésir)

Usage notes

This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.

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Latin

Noun

git n ‎(invariable)

1. A plant (Nigella sativa), variously named black cumin, Roman coriander, or melanthion.

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Lojban

Rafsi

git

1. rafsi of jgita.

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jit/

Pronoun

ġit

1. you two (nominative dual form of þū)

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jut, remodeled in Proto-Northwest Germanic to *jit by analogy with *wit.

Pronoun

git

1. You two; nominative dual form of thū.

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns

Personal pronouns
Singular	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	ik	thū	hē	siu	it
Accusative	mī, me, mik	thī, thik	ina	sia
Dative	mī	thī	imu	iru	it
Genitive	mīn	thīn	is	ira	is
Dual	1.	2.	-	-	-
Nominative	wit	git	-	-	-
Accusative	unk	ink	-	-	-
Dative
Genitive	unkero		-	-	-
Plural	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	wī, we	gī, ge	sia	sia	siu
Accusative	ūs, unsik	eu, iu, iuu
Dative	ūs		im
Genitive	ūser	euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera	iro

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʲit/

Interjection

git

1. (colloquial) excellent!

Adjective

git

1. (colloqiual) just right

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈgit/
• Hyphenation: git

Verb

git

1. singular imperative of gitmek
2. singular negative imperative of gitmemek

Antonyms

• gitme

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Vilamovian

Noun

git f

1. goodness