gus
Burushaski
Noun
gus
- woman (plural gushínga)
Danish
Noun
gus c (singular definite gusen, plural indefinite gus)
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
gus m (plural gus)
- (colloquial) bloke, guy
Further reading
- “gus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish gus, guss (“vigour”), from Proto-Celtic *gustus (“excellence, force”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“choice, taste”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
gus m (genitive singular gusa)
Declension
Declension of gus
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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
- “gus”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gus”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 388
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gus”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.
Pronunciation
Noun
gus f ?
Declension
Declension of gus
Further reading
- 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
Scottish Gaelic
Preposition
gus
- Alternative form of gu
Conjunction
gus
- 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
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic *gʷis-/*gus-.
Noun
gus ?
References
- “gus” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.
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