guidhe

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Irish

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Noun

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guidhe f (genitive singular guidhe, nominative plural guidhte)

  1. Superseded spelling of guí.

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
guidhe ghuidhe nguidhe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish guide, from Proto-Celtic *gʷodyā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰodʰ-yeh₂.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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guidhe m or f (genitive singular guidhe, plural guidheachan)

  1. verbal noun of guidh
  2. wish
    Tha iad a' cur guidhe thugad.They are sending you their wishes.
  3. entreaty

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap