gú-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gu"

Old Irish

Etymology

Combining form of gáu, gó (“falsehood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuː/

Prefix

gú-

1. false, fraudulent

Derived terms

Old Irish terms prefixed with gú-

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
gú-	gú- pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngú-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gú-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language