guidhe
Irish
Noun
guidhe f (genitive singular guidhe, nominative plural guidhte)
- superseded spelling of guí
Declension
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Mutation
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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guidhe | ghuidhe | nguidhe |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish guide, from Proto-Celtic *gʷodyā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰodʰ-yeh₂.
Pronunciation
Noun
guidhe m or f (genitive singular guidhe, plural guidheachan)
- verbal noun of guidh
- wish
- Tha iad a' cur guidhe thugad. ― They are sending you their wishes.
- entreaty
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap