duais
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Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish dúas (“gift, reward”).
Noun[edit]
duais f (genitive singular duaise, nominative plural duaiseanna)
- a prize (honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; that which may be won by chance)
Declension[edit]
Declension of duais
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the third-person singular form duaidh.
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
duais
- (parts of Munster) second-person singular past indicative of ith
Usage notes[edit]
The standard form is d’ith tú or d’ithis.
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
duais | dhuais | nduais |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dúas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Portuguese[edit]
Adjective[edit]
duais
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish dúas (“gift, reward”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
duais f (genitive singular duais, plural duaisean)
- reward, prize
- wages, fees, pay
- a’ toirt duais seachad ― giving wages
- duais an uilc ― the wages of sin
- bribe
- gains
- premium, present
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
duais | dhuais |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “duais”, 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), “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
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