guid

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See also: GUID and guid-

English

Noun

guid (plural guids)

  1. Alternative form of GUID

Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

guid (present analytic guideann, future analytic guidfidh, verbal noun guid, past participle guidte)

  1. Munster form of goid (steal)

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
guid ghuid nguid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle English

Noun

guid (plural guids)

  1. a flower
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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

guid

  1. imperative of guide

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

·guid

  1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of guidid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·guid ·guid
pronounced with /-ɣ(ʲ)-/
·nguid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English gude, goude, goode, from Old English gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (to join, to unite).

Pronunciation

Adjective

guid (comparative better, superlative best)

  1. good
  2. of good social standing, respectable

Derived terms

Adverb

guid (comparative mair guid, superlative maist guid)

  1. very, pretty

Noun

guid (plural guids)

  1. good

Derived terms