fiergengat

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Old English

Alternative forms

• firgengāt, fyrgengāt

Etymology

fiergen (“mountain”) +‎ gāt (“goat”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi͜yr.ɡenˌɡɑːt/, [ˈfi͜yrˠ.ɣenˌɡɑːt]

Noun

fiergengāt f

1. chamois (a goat antelope (Rupicapra rupicapra))

Declension

Declension of fiergengāt (strong consonant stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fiergengāt	fiergengǣt
accusative	fiergengāt	fiergengǣt
genitive	fiergengǣt, fiergengāte	fiergengāta
dative	fiergengǣt	fiergengātum

Descendants

• Middle English: firegat

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “firgengāt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.