giun

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *genus (“jaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“jaw”). Cognate with Welsh gên (“cheek”), English chin, Sanskrit हनु (hánu-), Ancient Greek γένυς (génus), Tocharian A śanweṃ (“jaws”, dual).

Pronunciation

Noun

giun m

  1. mouth

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative giun, gin giunL, gin genaeH
Vocative giun, gin giunL, gin ginu
Accusative giunN, gin giunL, gin ginu
Genitive genoH, genaH genoL, genaL genaeN
Dative giunL, gin genaib genaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: gin

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*genu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Northern Middle Vietnamese blun, from Proto-Vietic *p-luːn ~ *p-ruːn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(b)ruun. Cognate with Khmer ព្រូន (pruun), Mon မြုန် (pərùn). Originally the Northern form, see giai for the sound change.

Trùn, from a non-Northern Middle Vietnamese form, is still widely used in these dialects.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier con) giun • (𧉙, 𧑒)

  1. a worm (animal)
    tẩy/xổ giun ― to deworm
    ngủ với giun ― to die (literally, “to sleep with worms”)
    • 2011, Trịnh Huy Ninh, transl., Viking hung bạo, translation of Horrible Histories: The Vicious Vikings by Terry Deary and Martin Brown, page 49:
      Nhát gan chỉ núp mà run
      Rồi thì cũng ngủ với giun thôi mà
      Go ahead and hide during every battle
      You will drop dead eventually

Derived terms

See also

  • sán (“parasitic flatworms”)
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