giuthas
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Scottish Gaelic
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish gíus. Cognates include Irish giúis and Manx juys.
Possibly related to Proto-West Germanic *kiʀn (“resinous pine wood”), itself of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]giuthas m
Declension
[edit]Declension of giuthas (type I masculine noun)
| Indefinite | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | giuthas | giuthais |
| Genitive | giuthais | ghiuthas |
| Dative | giuthas | giuthais; giuthasaibh✝ |
| Definite | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | (an) giuthas | (na) giuthais |
| Genitive | (a') ghiuthais | (nan) giuthas |
| Dative | (a') ghiuthas | (na) giuthais; giuthasaibh✝ |
| Vocative | ghiuthais | ghiuthasa |
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| giuthas | ghiuthas |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “giuthas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
- Colin Mark (2003) “giuthas”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 332