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See also: GUS, Gus, guş, and Guś

Translingual

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gus

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Guinean Sign Language.

Burushaski

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Noun

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gus

  1. woman (plural gushínga)

Danish

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Noun

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gus c (singular definite gusen, plural indefinite gus)

  1. haar (or sea fret) Thick, cold fog, especially coming from the sea.

French

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Etymology

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From Occitan gus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡys/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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gus m (plural gus)

  1. (colloquial) bloke, guy

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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gus m (genitive singular gusa)

  1. vigor, force

Declension

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Declension of gus (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative gus
vocative a ghus
genitive gusa
dative gus
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an gus
genitive an ghusa
dative leis an ngus
don ghus

Mutation

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Mutated forms of gus
radical lenition eclipsis
gus ghus ngus

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

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Lower Sorbian

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gus

Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gus f

  1. goose

Declension

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Further reading

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  • 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

North Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian *gōs, from Proto-Germanic *gans.

Noun

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gus f (plural ges)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) goose

Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (choice, taste).

Noun

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gus m (genitive gossa)

  1. force, vigour

Inflection

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Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative gus gusL gossaeH
Vocative gus gusL gussu
Accusative gusN gusL gussu
Genitive gossoH, gossaH gossoL, gossaL gossaeN
Dative gusL gossaib gossaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: gus

Mutation

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Mutation of gus
radical lenition nasalization
gus gus
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ngus

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

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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Form of gu.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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gus (+ nominative with the definite article, + dative otherwise)

  1. to, up to, as far as

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Conjunction

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gus

  1. 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.”)

References

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  1. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath

Somali

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cushitic *gʷis-/*gus-.

Noun

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gus ?

  1. male genitalia

References

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  • “gus” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.