duais

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠuəʃ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dúas (“gift, reward”).

Noun

duais f (genitive singular duaise, nominative plural duaiseanna)

1. a prize (honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; that which may be won by chance)

Declension

Declension of duais (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative duais duaiseanna vocative a dhuais a dhuaiseanna genitive duaise duaiseanna dative duais duaiseanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an duais na duaiseanna genitive na duaise na nduaiseanna dative leis an duais don duais leis na duaiseanna

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the third-person singular form duaidh.

Alternative forms

• duadhais (obsolete)

Verb

duais

1. (parts of Munster) second-person singular past indicative of ith

Usage notes

The standard form is d’ith tú or d’ithis.

Mutation

Mutated forms of duais

radical	lenition	eclipsis
duais	dhuais	nduais

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Portuguese

Adjective

duais

1. plural of dual

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dúas (“gift, reward”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪uəʃ/

Noun

duais f (genitive singular duais, plural duaisean)

1. reward, prize
2. wages, fees, pay

   a’ toirt duais seachad ― giving wages

   duais an uilc ― the wages of sin

3. bribe
4. gains
5. premium, present

Mutation

Mutation of duais

radical	lenition
duais	dhuais

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “duais”, 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), “dúas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC