gus

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gus"

Translingual

Symbol

gus

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Guinean Sign Language.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Guinean Sign Language terms

English

Noun

gus

1. plural of gu

Burushaski

Noun

gus (plural gushínga)

1. woman

Danish

Noun

gus c (singular definite gusen, plural indefinite gus)

1. haar (or sea fret) Thick, cold fog, especially coming from the sea.

French

Etymology

From Occitan gus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡys/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

gus m (invariable)

1. (colloquial) bloke, guy

Further reading

• “gus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦸꦱ꧀ (gus).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡus/ [ˈɡʊs]
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: gus

Noun

gus (uncountable)

1. (polite) term of address by adults to boys or young men

Derived terms

• Gus Dur

Further reading

• “gus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Irish

Alternative forms

• dos, dus

Etymology

From Old Irish gus, guss (“vigour”), from Proto-Celtic *gustus (“excellence, force”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“choice, taste”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡusˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡɞsˠ/

Noun

gus m (genitive singular gusa)

1. vigor, force

Declension

Declension of gus (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative gus vocative a ghus genitive gusa dative gus forms with the definite article singular nominative an gus genitive an ghusa dative leis an ngus don ghus

Mutation

Mutated forms of gus

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gus	ghus	ngus

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

Further reading

• “gus”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “gus”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 388
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gus”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Lower Sorbian

gus

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡus/
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: gus

Noun

gus f

1. goose

Declension

Declension of gus

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	gus	gusy	gusy
Genitive	gusy	gusowu	gusow
Dative	gusy	gusoma	gusam
Accusative	gus	gusy	gusy
Instrumental	gusu	gusoma	gusami
Locative	gusy	gusoma	gusach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “gus”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “gus”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɡus/ [ˈɡus]
• Rhymes: -us
• Hyphenation: gus

Adverb

gus (Jawi spelling ݢوس)

1. simultaneously

Further reading

• "gus" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• göis (Mooring)
• Guus (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian *gōs, from Proto-Germanic *gans.

Noun

gus f (plural ges)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) goose

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“choice, taste”).

Noun

gus m (genitive gossa)

1. force, vigour

Inflection

Masculine u-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	gus	gusL	gossaeH
vocative	gus	gusL	gussu
accusative	gusN	gusL	gussu
genitive	gossoH, gossaH	gossoL, gossaL	gossaeN
dative	gusL	gossaib	gossaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• Ailgus
• Airgus
• Artgus
• Congus
• Daithgus
• Dóelgus
• Dongus
• Échtgus
• Fáelgus
• Fergus
• Fíangus
• Flaithgus
• Forgus
• Lergus
• Muirgus
• Nárgus
• Níallgus
• Oíngus
• Snéidgus
• Sóergus

Descendants

• Middle Irish: gus
  • Irish: gus

Mutation

Mutation of gus

radical	lenition	nasalization
gus	gus pronounced with /ɣ-/	ngus

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), “1 gus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Form of gu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡ̥ɔs̪/

Preposition

gus (+ nominative with the definite article, + dative otherwise)

1. to, up to, as far as

See also

• gu ruige

Conjunction

gus

1. in order to

   Chaidh e dhan bhùth gus biadh a cheannach. ― He went to the shop to buy some food.

   • 2020 December 11, “Na h-Eileanan Siar gun chùisean ùra Diardaoin”, in BBC News‎^[2]:

     Thuirt am Bòrd gu bheil siostaman ann gus nach bi buaidh air seirbheisean.

     The Board said that systems are in place to ensure that services will not be affected.

     (literally, “The Board said that there are systems so that there will not be an effect on services.”)

Somali

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Cushitic *gʷis-/*gus- (“male genitals”). Compare Maay gus, Yaaku guus (“anus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡūs/

Noun

gus m (plural gusas m)

1. male genitalia

References

• “gus”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012