guid
English edit
Noun edit
guid (plural guids)
- Alternative form of GUID
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
guid (present analytic guideann, future analytic guidfidh, verbal noun guid, past participle guidte)
Conjugation edit
conjugation of guid (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
guid | ghuid | nguid |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Middle English edit
Noun edit
guid (plural guids)
- a flower
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
guid
- imperative of guide
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
·guid
- third-person singular present indicative conjunct of guidid
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
·guid | ·guid pronounced with /-ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
·nguid |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English gude, goude, goode, from Old English gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Southern Scots, Insular Scots) IPA(key): [ɡød], [ɡyd]
- (Insular Scots) IPA(key): [ɡjød]
- (Central Scots, Ulster Scots) IPA(key): [ɡɪd]
- (Ulster Scots, South Northern Scots) IPA(key): [ɡed]
- (Doric Scots) IPA(key): [ɡwid]
- (Ulster Scots, North Northern Scots) IPA(key): [ɡid]
Adjective edit
guid (comparative better, superlative best)
- good
- of good social standing, respectable
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- dae guid (“do good, do well, thrive”)
- guidably (“barely, easily, without hindrance”)
- guid an weel (“well and good”)
- Guid Thuirsday (“Maundy Thursday”)
- guid-gaun (“in good working order, active, lively, flourishing”)
- guidless (“devoid of good, worthless”)
- guidly (“goodly; comely, handsome”)
- guidman (“husband, master”)
- guidness (“goodness”)
- a guid pickle (“quite a few”)
- Guid Sirs (“Messrs”)
- guidwife (“wife, the mistress of a house, a landlady of an inn”)
- guidwill (“goodwill”)
- guid wirds (“children's prayers”)
- tak the guid o (“to take advantage of”)
- the Guid Beuk (“the Bible”)
- the Guid Man (“God”)
- the guid place (“heaven”)
- the unco guid (“the self-righteously moral or pious”)
Adverb edit
guid (comparative mair guid, superlative maist guid)
Noun edit
guid (plural guids)
Derived terms edit
- guids an gear (“possessions, property”)