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giuthas

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Scottish Gaelic

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Giuthas.

Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkʲu.əs̪/
  • Hyphenation: giu‧thas

Noun

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giuthas m

  1. pine, fir, spruce

Declension

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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

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Mutation of giuthas
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

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  • 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