hois

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hiʃ/[1]

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

hois!

  1. shoo! (said to a cow being driven)

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “huis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 582; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “hois”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

hois m

  1. h-prothesized form of ois
  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, § 89, page 49
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