duais

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠuəʃ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dúas (“gift, reward”).

Noun

duais f (genitive singular duaise, nominative plural duaiseanna)

1. a prize (honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; that which may be won by chance)

Declension

Declension of duais

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative duais duaiseanna Vocative a dhuais a dhuaiseanna Genitive duaise duaiseanna Dative duais duaiseanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an duais na duaiseanna Genitive na duaise na nduaiseanna Dative leis an duais don duais leis na duaiseanna

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the third-person singular form duaidh.

Alternative forms

• duadhais (obsolete)

Verb

duais

1. (parts of Munster) second-person singular past indicative of ith

Usage notes

The standard form is d’ith tú or d’ithis.

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Portuguese

Adjective

duais

1. plural of dual

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dúas (“gift, reward”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪uəʃ/

Noun

duais f (genitive singular duais, plural duaisean)

1. reward, prize
2. wages, fees, pay

   a’ toirt duais seachad ― giving wages

   duais an uilc ― the wages of sin

3. bribe
4. gains
5. premium, present

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “duais”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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