Meaning

2 senses

  1. A castrated male horse.

    Wallach

    ме́ринmérin

    ме́ринméryn

    castrated male horse

  2. Any castrated male animal.

    kastriertes Männchen, verschnittenes Tier

    кастри́рованное живо́тноеkastrírovannoje živótnoje, волvol, кастра́тkastrát

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I'm not gelding your calves.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
castrated male horse:
Русский
By meaning 2
castrated male horse:
castrated male animal:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
castrated male horse:
castrated male animal:

Origin

From Middle English geldyng (“eunuch”), from Old Norse geldingr (“wether, eunuch”), from g

From Middle English geldyng (“eunuch”), from Old Norse geldingr (“wether, eunuch”), from gelda (“to castrate”). By surface analysis, geld (“to castrate”) + -ing (diminutive suffix).

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Forms

plural: geldings
Singulargelding
Pluralgeldings

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedgeld

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gelatingelatogeldgemC1gemstonegen
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