giús

See also: gius

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟuːsˠ/

Noun

giús m (genitive singular giúis, nominative plural giúis or giúsa) or
giús f (genitive singular giúise, nominative plural giúsa)

1. alternative form of giúis (“fir, pine”)

Declension

As a masculine noun:

Declension of giús (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative giús giúis vocative a ghiúis a ghiúsa genitive giúis giús dative giús giúis forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an giús na giúis genitive an ghiúis na ngiús dative leis an ngiús don ghiús leis na giúis

Declension of giús (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative giús giúsa vocative a ghiúis a ghiúsa genitive giúis giús dative giús giúsa forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an giús na giúsa genitive an ghiúis na ngiús dative leis an ngiús don ghiús leis na giúsa

As a feminine noun:

Declension of giús (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative giús giúsa vocative a ghiús a ghiúsa genitive giúise giús dative giúis giúsa forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an ghiús na giúsa genitive na giúise na ngiús dative leis an ngiúis don ghiúis leis na giúsa

Mutation

Mutated forms of giús

radical	lenition	eclipsis
giús	ghiús	ngiús

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “giús”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 539; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN

Old Irish

Etymology

Compare the descendants of Proto-West Germanic *kēn.

Noun

giús (gender unknown)

1. pine, fir
   • c. 775, “Táin Bó Fraích”, in Book of Leinster; republished as Ernst Windisch, editor, Táin bó Fraích, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1974:

     De gíus do·gníth a tech.

     [It was] pine that the house was made of.

Descendants

• Middle Irish: gíus
  • Irish: giúis
  • Manx: juys
  • Scottish Gaelic: giuthas

Mutation

Mutation of giús

radical	lenition	nasalization
giús	giús pronounced with /ɣʲ-/	ngiús

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “giús”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language