dùisg

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish dúiscid, from Old Irish do·díuschi (awakens, brings back to life) (compare modern Irish dúisc).

Pronunciation

Verb

dùisg (past dhùisg, future dùisgidh, verbal noun dùsgadh, past participle dùisgte)

  1. wake, rouse, rise, awaken

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of dùisg
radical lenition
dùisg dhùisg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dùisg”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dúisigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language