guí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gui"

Irish

Alternative forms

• guidhe (superseded)
• guibhe (Galway)
• guíochtain, guíochtaint

Etymology

From Old Irish guide, from Proto-Celtic *gʷedyā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-yeh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiː/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪvʲə/ (corresponding to the form guibhe)
• (Ulster, also) IPA^(key): /ɡiə/, [ɡɪə]

Noun

guí f (genitive singular guí, nominative plural guíonna)

1. verbal noun of guigh
2. prayer

Declension

Declension of guí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative guí guíonna Vocative a ghuí a ghuíonna Genitive guí guíonna Dative guí guíonna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghuí na guíonna Genitive na guí na nguíonna Dative leis an nguí don ghuí leis na guíonna

Verb

guí

1. present subjunctive analytic of guigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
guí	ghuí	nguí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “guí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “guide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “guiḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 387
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “guí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “guí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21