goistidh
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish goistibe, goiste (“godparent, sponsor; gossip”), borrowed from Old English godsibb (“godparent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔʃtʲɪ/
Noun
goistidh m (genitive singular goistidh, plural goistidhean)
- (Christianity) godfather, sponsor
- Synonyms: athair-baistidh, (dated) oide-baistidh
- Coordinate term: bana-ghoistidh
- bosom friend
- Coordinate term: bana-ghoistidh
- gossip
- Synonym: bana-ghoistidh
Mutation
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| goistidh | ghoistidh |
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) “goistidh”, 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), “goistibe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 goiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language