gnúis
See also: gnùis
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
gnúis f (genitive singular gnúise, nominative plural gnúiseanna or núise)
- face (front part of head), visage, countenance
- face (facial expression)
- Synonym: dreach
- (specifically) a wry face or expression
- mien
- gnúis mhaorga ― a noble or lofty mien
Declension
Declension of gnúis
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gnúis | ghnúis | ngnúis |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gnúis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gnúis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 374
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gnúis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 44
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *gnūstis, whence also Middle Welsh gnis (“jaw, chin, face”), further origins unclear. Maybe connected to giun (“mouth”).[1] MacBain connects it with Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡnuːsʲ/
Noun
gnúis f (genitive gnúsa)
- face (front part of head)
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 15a20
- Ní foí⟨l⟩sitis déicsin a gnúsa íar mbid dó oc accaldim Dé, oc tindnacul recto dó.
- They would not have endured the beholding of his face after he had been conversing with God, at the bestowing of the law to him.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 15a20
Declension
| Feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | gnúis | gnúisL | gnúisiH |
| Vocative | gnúis | gnúisL | gnúisiH |
| Accusative | gnúisN | gnúisL | gnúisiH |
| Genitive | gnúsoH, gnúsaH | gnúsoH, gnúsaH | gnúiseN |
| Dative | gnúisL | gnúisib | gnúisib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| gnúis | gnúis pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
ngnúis |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 126
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gnúis”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page 200
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gnúis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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