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gaff

/ˈɡæf/GAF
/ˈɡæf/GAF

Meaninga hook

Common meaning: a hooked pole

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KAP‘contain, hold, seize, grasp’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 47, p. 731 · scan
  2. Irishgaf‘gafa, a hook’source
  3. Old Frenchgaffesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsgafa, a hook → a hooked polegaff‘a hooked pole’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Irish gaf ‘a hook’.

Roots

  • gaf Irish “a hook”

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