giun

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Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *genus (jaw), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (jaw). Cognate with Welsh gên (cheek), English chin, Sanskrit हनु (hánu-), Ancient Greek γένυς (génus), Tocharian A śanweṃ (jaws, dual).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

giun m

  1. mouth

Inflection[edit]

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative giun, gin giunL, gin giunaeH
Vocative giun, gin giunL, gin giunu, ginu
Accusative giunN, gin giunL, gin giunu, ginu
Genitive giunoH, giunaH giunoL, giunaL giunaeN
Dative giunL, gin giunaib giunaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: gin

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*genu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Northern Middle Vietnamese blun, from Proto-Vietic *p-luːn ~ *p-ruːn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(b)ruun. Cognate with Khmer ព្រូន (pruun), Mon မြုန် (pərùn). Originally the Northern form, see giai for the sound change.

Trùn, from a non-Northern Middle Vietnamese form, is still widely used in these dialects.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(classifier con) giun (𧉙, 𧑒)

  1. a worm (animal)
    tẩy/xổ giunto deworm
    ngủ với giunto die (literally, “to sleep with worms”)
    • 2011, Trịnh Huy Ninh, transl., Viking hung bạo, translation of Horrible Histories: The Vicious Vikings by Terry Deary and Martin Brown, page 49:
      Nhát gan chỉ núp mà run
      Rồi thì cũng ngủ với giun thôi mà
      Go ahead and hide during every battle
      You will drop dead eventually

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

  • sán (parasitic flatworms)