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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish dúas (“gift, reward”).
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.
Alternative forms
Verb
duais
- (parts of Munster) second-person singular past indicative of ith
Usage notes
The standard form is d’ith tú or d’ithis.
Mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| duais
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dhuais
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nduais
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dúas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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 uilc ― the wages of sin
- bribe
- gains
- premium, present
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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Lenition
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| duais |
dhuais
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “duais”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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