hois
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Interjection
[edit]hois!
- shoo! (said to a cow being driven)
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “huis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “hois”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 49
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]hois m
- h-prothesized form of ois