giuthas

Scottish Gaelic

Giuthas.

Etymology

From Middle Irish gíus. Cognates include Irish giúis and Manx juys.

Possibly related to Proto-West Germanic *kēn (“resinous pine wood”), itself of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

giuthas m (genitive singular giuthais, plural giuthais)

1. the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
2. any coniferous tree, e.g. pine, fir, spruce

Declension

Declension of giuthas (type I masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	giuthas	giuthais
genitive	giuthais	ghiuthas
dative	giuthas	giuthais; giuthasaibh1
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) giuthas	(na) giuthais
genitive	(a') ghiuthais	(nan) giuthas
dative	(a') ghiuthas	(na) giuthais; giuthasaibh1
vocative	ghiuthais	ghiuthasa; ghiuthasaibh

¹ archaic or poetic form

Mutation

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

• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “giuthas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN
• Mark, Colin (2003), “giuthas”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 332