gus

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See also: GUS, Gus, guş, and Guś

Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

gus

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Guinean Sign Language.

Burushaski[edit]

Noun[edit]

gus

  1. woman (plural gushínga)

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

gus c (singular definite gusen, plural indefinite gus)

  1. haar (or sea fret) Thick, cold fog, especially coming from the sea.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Occitan gus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡys/
  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

gus m (plural gus)

  1. (colloquial) bloke, guy

Further reading[edit]

Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish gus, guss (“vigour”), from Proto-Celtic *gustus (“excellence, force”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“choice, taste”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gus m (genitive singular gusa)

  1. vigor, force

Declension[edit]

Declension of gus

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative gus
Vocative a ghus
Genitive gusa
Dative gus

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an gus
Genitive an ghusa
Dative leis an ngus

don ghus

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gus ghus ngus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

Lower Sorbian[edit]

gus

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gus f animal

  1. goose

Declension[edit]

Declension of gus
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative gus gusy gusy
Genitive gusy gusowu gusow
Dative gusy gusoma gusam
Accusative gus gusy gusy
Instrumental gusu gusoma gusami
Locative gusy gusoma gusach

Further reading[edit]

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “gus”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “gus”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“choice, taste”).

Noun[edit]

gus m (genitive gossa)

  1. force, vigour

Inflection[edit]

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative gus gusL gossaeH
Vocative gus gusL gussu
Accusative gusN gusL gussu
Genitive gossoH, gossaH gossoL, gossaL gossaeN
Dative gusL gossaib gossaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: gus

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
gus gus
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		ngus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Form of gu.

Preposition[edit]

gus (+ nominative with the definite article, + dative otherwise)

  1. to, up to, as far as

See also[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

gus

  1. in order to
    Chaidh e dhan bhùth gus biadh a cheannach. - He went to the shop to buy some food.
    • 2020 December 11, “Na h-Eileanan Siar gun chùisean ùra Diardaoin”, in BBC News‎[1]:
      Thuirt am Bòrd gu bheil siostaman ann gus nach bi buaidh air seirbheisean.
      The Board said that systems are in place to ensure that services will not be affected.
      (literally, “The Board said that there are systems so that there will not be an effect on services.”)

Somali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Cushitic *gʷis-/*gus-.

Noun[edit]

gus ?

  1. male genitalia

References[edit]

  • “gus” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.
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