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English
Noun
guid (plural guids)
- Alternative form of GUID
Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
guid (present analytic guideann, future analytic guidfidh, verbal noun guid, past participle guidte)
- Munster form of goid (“steal”)
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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guidim
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guideann tú; guidir†
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guideann sé, sí
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guidimid
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guideann sibh
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guideann siad; guidid†
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a ghuideann; a ghuideas / a nguideann*; a nguideas*
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guidtear
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past
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ghuid mé; ghuideas
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ghuid tú; ghuidis
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ghuid sé, sí
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ghuideamar; ghuid muid
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ghuid sibh; ghuideabhair
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ghuid siad; ghuideadar
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a ghuid / ar ghuid*
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guideadh
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past habitual
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ghuidinn / nguidinn‡‡
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ghuidteá / nguidteᇇ
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ghuideadh sé, sí / nguideadh sé, s퇇
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ghuidimis; ghuideadh muid / nguidimis‡‡; nguideadh muid‡‡
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ghuideadh sibh / nguideadh sibh‡‡
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ghuididís; ghuideadh siad / nguididís‡‡; nguideadh siad‡‡
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a ghuideadh / a nguideadh*
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ghuidtí / nguidt퇇
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future
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guidfidh mé; guidfead
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guidfidh tú; guidfir†
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guidfidh sé, sí
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guidfimid; guidfidh muid
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guidfidh sibh
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guidfidh siad; guidfid†
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a ghuidfidh; a ghuidfeas / a nguidfidh*; a nguidfeas*
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guidfear
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conditional
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ghuidfinn / nguidfinn‡‡
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ghuidfeá / nguidfeᇇ
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ghuidfeadh sé, sí / nguidfeadh sé, s퇇
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ghuidfimis; ghuidfeadh muid / nguidfimis‡‡; nguidfeadh muid‡‡
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ghuidfeadh sibh / nguidfeadh sibh‡‡
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ghuidfidís; ghuidfeadh siad / nguidfidís‡‡; nguidfeadh siad‡‡
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a ghuidfeadh / a nguidfeadh*
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ghuidfí / nguidf퇇
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subjunctive
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present
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go nguide mé; go nguidead†
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go nguide tú; go nguidir†
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go nguide sé, sí
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go nguidimid; go nguide muid
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go nguide sibh
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go nguide siad; go nguidid†
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—
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go nguidtear
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past
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dá nguidinn
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dá nguidteá
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dá nguideadh sé, sí
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dá nguidimis; dá nguideadh muid
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dá nguideadh sibh
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dá nguididís; dá nguideadh siad
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dá nguidtí
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imperative
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guidim
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guid
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guideadh sé, sí
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guidimis
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guidigí; guididh†
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guididís
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—
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guidtear
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verbal noun
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guid
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past participle
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guidte
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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guid
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ghuid
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nguid
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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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Middle English
Noun
guid (plural guids)
- a flower
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Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
guid
- imperative of guide
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
·guid
- third-person singular present indicative conjunct of guidid
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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·guid
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·guid pronounced with /-ɣ(ʲ)-/
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·nguid
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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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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)
- good
- of good social standing, respectable
Derived terms
Derived terms
- dae guid (“do good, do well, thrive”)
- guidably (“barely, easily, without hindrance”)
- guid an weel (“well and good”)
- Guid Thuirsday (“Maundy Thursday”)
- guid-gaun (“in good working order, active, lively, flourishing”)
- guidless (“devoid of good, worthless”)
- guidly (“goodly; comely, handsome”)
- guidman (“husband, master”)
- guidness (“goodness”)
- a guid pickle (“quite a few”)
- Guid Sirs (“Messrs”)
- guidwife (“wife, the mistress of a house, a landlady of an inn”)
- guidwill (“goodwill”)
- guid wirds (“children's prayers”)
- tak the guid o (“to take advantage of”)
- the Guid Beuk (“the Bible”)
- the Guid Man (“God”)
- the guid place (“heaven”)
- the unco guid (“the self-righteously moral or pious”)
Adverb
guid (comparative mair guid, superlative maist guid)
- very, pretty
Noun
guid (plural guids)
- good
Derived terms