duais

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠuəʃ/[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dúas (“gift, reward”).[2]

Noun

duais f (genitive singular duaise, nominative plural duaiseanna)

  1. a prize (honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; that which may be won by chance)
Declension
Declension of duais (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative duais duaiseanna
vocative a dhuais a dhuaiseanna
genitive duaise duaiseanna
dative duais duaiseanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an duais na duaiseanna
genitive na duaise na nduaiseanna
dative leis an duais
don duais 		leis na duaiseanna

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the third-person singular form duaidh.

Alternative forms

  • duadhais (obsolete)

Verb

duais

  1. (parts of Munster) second-person singular past indicative of ith
Usage notes

The standard form is d’ith tú or d’ithis.

Mutation

Mutated forms of duais
radical lenition eclipsis
duais dhuais nduais

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 211, page 105
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dúas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Portuguese

Adjective

duais

  1. plural of dual

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dúas (“gift, reward”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪uəʃ/

Noun

duais f (genitive singular duais, plural duaisean)

  1. reward, prize
  2. wages, fees, pay
    a’ toirt duais seachad ― giving wages
    duais an uilc ― the wages of sin
  3. bribe
  4. gains
  5. premium, present

Mutation

Mutation of duais
radical lenition
duais dhuais

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “duais”, 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), “dúas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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