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:

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Noun

gus m (plural gus)

1. (colloquial) bloke, guy

Further reading

• “gus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Irish

Alternative forms

• dos, dus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡʊsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡʌsˠ/

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

• “gus”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gus”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 388
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gus”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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
  • Irish: gus

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Form of gu.

Preposition

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

1. to, up to, as far as

See also

• gu ruige

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^[1]:

     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.