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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1 From Old Irish dúas ( “ gift, reward ” ) .[ 2]
Noun duais f genitive singular duaise nominative plural duaiseanna
a prize ( honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; that which may be won by chance )
Declension
Etymology 2 See the etymology of the third-person singular form duaidh
Verb duais
( parts of Munster ) second-person singular past indicative of ith
Usage notes The standard form is d’ith tú d’ithis
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
References
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931 ) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry § 211 105 ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “dúas ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
Portuguese
Adjective duais
plural of dual
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology From Old Irish dúas ( “ gift, reward ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun duais f genitive singular duais plural duaisean
reward , prize wages , fees , pay
a’ toirt duais seachad ― giving wages duais an uilcthe wages of sin bribe gains premium , present
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
Further reading Edward Dwelly (1911 ) “duais”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “dúas ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language MacLennan, Malcolm (1925 ) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language , Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC