giúis

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally the dative of giús, from Middle Irish gíus.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

giúis f (genitive singular giúise, nominative plural giúiseanna)

  1. fir, Abies genus
  2. (informal) pine
  3. pinewood, bog deal

Declension

Declension of giúis (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative giúis giúiseanna
vocative a ghiúis a ghiúiseanna
genitive giúise giúiseanna
dative giúis giúiseanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ghiúis na giúiseanna
genitive na giúise na ngiúiseanna
dative leis an ngiúis
don ghiúis 		leis na giúiseanna

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of giúis
radical lenition eclipsis
giúis ghiúis ngiúis

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

References

  1. ^ “giúis”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “giús”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann , →ISBN, section 223, page 106
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 52, page 23

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