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See also: GUS, Gus, guş, and Guś

Translingual

Symbol

gus

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Guinean Sign Language.

See also

English

Noun

gus

  1. plural of gu

Burushaski

Noun

gus (plural gushínga)

  1. woman

Danish

Noun

gus c (singular definite gusen, plural indefinite gus)

  1. haar (or sea fret) Thick, cold fog, especially coming from the sea.

French

Etymology

From Occitan gus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡys/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

gus m (plural gus)

  1. (colloquial) bloke, guy

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦸꦱ꧀ (gus).

Pronunciation

Noun

gus (uncountable)

  1. polite term of address by adults to boys or youths

Further reading

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish gus, guss (“vigour”), from Proto-Celtic *gustus (“excellence, force”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“choice, taste”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gus m (genitive singular gusa)

  1. vigor, force

Declension

Declension of gus (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative gus
vocative a ghus
genitive gusa
dative gus
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an gus
genitive an ghusa
dative leis an ngus
don ghus

Mutation

Mutated forms of gus
radical lenition eclipsis
gus ghus ngus

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

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

gus

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Pronunciation

Noun

gus f

  1. goose

Declension

Declension of gus
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative gus gusy gusy
Genitive gusy gusowu gusow
Dative gusy gusoma gusam
Accusative gus gusy gusy
Instrumental gusu gusoma gusami
Locative gusy gusoma gusach

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “gus”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “gus”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Malay

Pronunciation

Adverb

gus (Jawi spelling ݢوس)

  1. simultaneously

References

  1. ^ "gus" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

Further reading

North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Frisian *gōs, from Proto-Germanic *gans.

Noun

gus f (plural ges)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) goose

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“choice, taste”).

Noun

gus m (genitive gossa)

  1. force, vigour

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative gus gusL gossaeH
vocative gus gusL gussu
accusative gusN gusL gussu
genitive gossoH, gossaH gossoL, gossaL gossaeN
dative gusL gossaib gossaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: gus

Mutation

Mutation of gus
radical lenition nasalization
gus gus
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		ngus

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Form of gu.

Pronunciation

Preposition

gus (+ nominative with the definite article, + dative otherwise)

  1. to, up to, as far as

See also

Conjunction

gus

  1. in order to
    Chaidh e dhan bhùth gus biadh a cheannach. ― He went to the shop to buy some food.
    • 2020 December 11, “Na h-Eileanan Siar gun chùisean ùra Diardaoin”, in BBC News‎:
      Thuirt am Bòrd gu bheil siostaman ann gus nach bi buaidh air seirbheisean.
      The Board said that systems are in place to ensure that services will not be affected.
      (literally, “The Board said that there are systems so that there will not be an effect on services.”)

References

  1. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *gʷis-/*gus-.

Noun

gus ?

  1. male genitalia

References

  • “gus” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.
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