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duais
duais
Irish
Noun
duais f (genitive singular duaise, nominative plural duaiseanna)
- a prize (honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; that which may be won by chance)
Declension
Declension of duais
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2
Non-lemma forms.
Alternative forms
- duadhais (obsolete)
Verb
duais
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. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish duass
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪uəʃ/
Noun
duais f (genitive singular duais, plural duaisean)
- reward, prize
- wages, fees, pay
- a' toirt duais seachad, giving wages
- duais an uilc, the wages of sin
- bribe
- gains
- premium, present
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)