guid

See also: GUID and guid-

English

Noun

guid (plural guids)

Alternative form of GUID.

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡɪdʲ/

Verb

guid (present analytic guideann, future analytic guidfidh, verbal noun guid, past participle guidte)

Munster form of goid (“steal”)

Conjugation

conjugation of guid (first conjugation – A)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	guid
past participle	guidte
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	guidim	guideann tú; guidir^†	guideann sé, sí	guidimid	guideann sibh	guideann siad; guidid^†	a ghuideann; a ghuideas / a nguideann*	guidtear
past	ghuid mé; ghuideas	ghuid tú; ghuidis	ghuid sé, sí	ghuideamar; ghuid muid	ghuid sibh; ghuideabhair	ghuid siad; ghuideadar	a ghuid / ar ghuid*	guideadh
past habitual	ghuidinn / nguidinn‡‡	ghuidteá / nguidteá‡‡	ghuideadh sé, sí / nguideadh sé, sí‡‡	ghuidimis; ghuideadh muid / nguidimis‡‡; nguideadh muid‡‡	ghuideadh sibh / nguideadh sibh‡‡	ghuididís; ghuideadh siad / nguididís‡‡; nguideadh siad‡‡	a ghuideadh / a nguideadh*	ghuidtí / nguidtí‡‡
future	guidfidh mé; guidfead	guidfidh tú; guidfir^†	guidfidh sé, sí	guidfimid; guidfidh muid	guidfidh sibh	guidfidh siad; guidfid^†	a ghuidfidh; a ghuidfeas / a nguidfidh*	guidfear
conditional	ghuidfinn / nguidfinn‡‡	ghuidfeá / nguidfeá‡‡	ghuidfeadh sé, sí / nguidfeadh sé, sí‡‡	ghuidfimis; ghuidfeadh muid / nguidfimis‡‡; nguidfeadh muid‡‡	ghuidfeadh sibh / nguidfeadh sibh‡‡	ghuidfidís; ghuidfeadh siad / nguidfidís‡‡; nguidfeadh siad‡‡	a ghuidfeadh / a nguidfeadh*	ghuidfí / nguidfí‡‡
subjunctive
present	go nguide mé; go nguidead^†	go nguide tú; go nguidir^†	go nguide sé, sí	go nguidimid; go nguide muid	go nguide sibh	go nguide siad; go nguidid^†	—	go nguidtear
past	dá nguidinn	dá nguidteá	dá nguideadh sé, sí	dá nguidimis; dá nguideadh muid	dá nguideadh sibh	dá nguididís; dá nguideadh siad	—	dá nguidtí
imperative
–	guidim	guid	guideadh sé, sí	guidimis	guidigí; guididh^†	guididís	—	guidtear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of *guid*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
guid	ghuid	nguid

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

Middle English

Noun

guid (plural guids)

a flower
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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

guid

imperative of guide

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡuðʲ/

Verb

·guid

third-person singular present indicative conjunct of guidid

Mutation

Mutation of *·guid*
radical	lenition	nasalization
·guid	·guid pronounced with /ɣ-/	·nguid

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

Scots

Alternative forms

gude

Etymology

From Middle English gude, goude, goode, from Old English gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).

Pronunciation

(Southern Scots, Northern Isles) IPA^(key): [ɡød], [ɡyd]
(Northern Isles) IPA^(key): [ɡjød]
(Central Scots, Ulster) IPA^(key): [ɡɪd]
(Ulster, South Northern Scots) IPA^(key): [ɡed]
(Doric Scots) IPA^(key): [ɡwid]
(Ulster, North Northern Scots) IPA^(key): [ɡid]

Adjective

guid (comparative better, superlative best)

good
of good social standing, respectable

Derived terms

a guid pickle (“quite a few”)
dae guid (“do good, do well, thrive”)
guid an weel (“well and good”)
Guid Sirs (“Messrs”)
Guid Thuirsday (“Maundy Thursday”)
guid wirds (“children's prayers”)
guid-gaun (“in good working order, active, lively, flourishing”)
guidably (“barely, easily, without hindrance”)
guidless (“devoid of good, worthless”)
guidly (“goodly; comely, handsome”)
guidman (“husband, master”)
guidness (“goodness”)
guidwife (“wife, the mistress of a house, a landlady of an inn”)
guidwill (“goodwill”)
tak the guid o (“to take advantage of”)
the Guid Beuk (“the Bible”)
the Guid Man (“God”)
the guid place (“heaven”)
the unco guid (“the self-righteously moral or pious”)

Adverb

guid (comparative mair guid, superlative maist guid)

very, pretty

Noun

guid (plural guids)

good

Derived terms

guids an gear (“possessions, property”)