dùisg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish dúiscid, from Old Irish do·díuschi (“awakens, brings back to life”) (compare modern Irish dúisc).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪uːʃkʲ/

Verb

dùisg (past dhùisg, future dùisgidh, verbal noun dùsgadh, past participle dùisgte)

1. wake, rouse, rise, awaken

Derived terms

• uaireadair-dùsgaidh (“alarm clock”)

Mutation

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “dùisg”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dúisigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language