dùisg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish dúiscid, from Old Irish do·díuschi (“awakens, brings back to life”) (compare modern Irish dúisc).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪uːʃkʲ/

Verb

dùisg (past dhùisg, future dùisgidh, verbal noun dùsgadh, past participle dùisgte)

  1. wake, rouse, rise, awaken

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of dùisg
radical lenition
dùisg dhùisg

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dùisg”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dúisigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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