gus

See also: GUS, Gus, guş, and Guś

Translingual

Symbol

gus

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

Burushaski

Noun

gus

  1. woman (plural gushínga)

Danish

Noun

gus c (singular definite gusen, plural indefinite gus)

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

French

Etymology

From Occitan gus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡys/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

gus m (plural gus)

  1. (colloquial) bloke, guy

Further reading

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish gus, guss (“vigour”), from Proto-Celtic *gustus (“excellence, force”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“choice, taste”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gus m (genitive singular gusa)

  1. vigor, force

Declension
Declension of gus

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gus ghus ngus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Lower Sorbian
gus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡus/

Noun

gus f animal

  1. goose

Declension
Declension of gus
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative gus gusy gusy
Genitive gusy gusowu gusow
Dative gusy gusoma gusam
Accusative gus gusy gusy
Instrumental gusu gusoma gusami
Locative gusy gusoma gusach

Further reading
  • 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

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

gus m (genitive gossa)

  1. force, vigour

Inflection
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
  • Ailgus
  • Airgus
  • Artgus
  • Congus
  • Daithgus
  • Dóelgus
  • Dongus
  • Échtgus
  • Fáelgus
  • Fergus
  • Fíangus
  • Flaithgus
  • Forgus
  • Lergus
  • Muirgus
  • Nárgus
  • Níallgus
  • Oíngus
  • Snéidgus
  • Sóergus

Descendants
  • Middle Irish: gus

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
gus gus
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 ngus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Form of gu.

Preposition

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

  1. to, up to, as far as

See also

Conjunction

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:
      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.”)

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *gʷis-/*gus-.

Noun

gus ?

  1. male genitalia

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