gec

From Proto-Turkic *gēč. Related to Azerbaijani gecə (“night”) and Azerbaijani keçmək (“pass”). Cognate with Turkish geç (“late”), Chuvash каҫ (kaś, “night, evening”).

• IPA^(key): [ɟed͡ʒ], [d͡ʒed͡z]

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gec

1. late (proximate in time)

   gec axşamlar ― late evenings

   gec qışda ― in late winter

gec

1. late (proximate in time)

   Dünən axşam gec evə qayıdırdım

   Yesterday, I was coming home late at the evening.

2. too late

   O münasibətimizi bərpa etmək istədi, amma artıq gec idi.

   S/he wanted to restore our relationship, but it was already too late.

   Hələ də gec deyil ― It is still not too late.

• tez

• gec-gec (“seldom”)
• gecikmək (“to be late”)

• ⇒ Azerbaijani: gecdən-gec
  • → Armenian: գեջդանգեջ (geǰdangeǰ), գեջդան գեջ (geǰdan geǰ)

Variant of jac; influenced by jaquet and jaqueta.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒɛk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒek]

gec m (plural gecs)

1. jacket

• jaqueta

• “gec”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “gec” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.