guth

See also: Guth, guþ, guð, and Guð

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish guth, from Proto-Celtic *gutus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuHtus, from *ǵʰewH- (“to call on, invoke”).

Noun

guth m (genitive singular gutha or gotha, nominative plural guthanna or gothanna or gotha)

1. voice

   Synonym: glór

2. vote

   Synonym: vóta

Declension

Declension of guth

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative guth guthanna Vocative a ghuth a ghuthanna Genitive gutha guthanna Dative guth guthanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an guth na guthanna Genitive an ghutha na nguthanna Dative leis an nguth don ghuth leis na guthanna

Alternative declensions

Declension of guth

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative guth gothanna Vocative a ghuth a ghothanna Genitive gotha gothanna Dative guth gothanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an guth na gothanna Genitive an ghotha na ngothanna Dative leis an nguth don ghuth leis na gothanna

Declension of guth

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative guth gotha Vocative a ghuth a ghotha Genitive gotha guth Dative guth gotha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an guth na gotha Genitive an ghotha na nguth Dative leis an nguth don ghuth leis na gotha

Derived terms

• aonghuthach (“single-voiced”, adjective)
• dordghuth (“bass voice”)
• guthán m (“telephone”)
• ollghuthach (“stentorian”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
guth	ghuth	nguth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “guth”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “guth”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “guth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “guth”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 388
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “guth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish guth, from Proto-Celtic *gutus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuHtus, from *ǵʰewH- (“to call on, invoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuh/

Noun

guth m (genitive singular gutha, plural guthan)

1. voice

Derived terms

• aon-ghuthach (“unanimous; symphonious, concordant; unison; monotonous”)
• guth fulangach (“passive voice”)
• guth spreigeach (“active voice”)
• guthach (“voiced”)
• neo-ghuthach (“voiceless”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
guth	ghuth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “guth”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “guth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language