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guid
guid
Middle English
Noun
guid (plural guids)
- a flower
References
- guid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 Cited from Chaucer.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡuðʲ/
Verb
·guid
- third-person singular present indicative conjunct of guidid
Mutation
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
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English gude, goude, goode, from Old English gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).
Pronunciation
- (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]
- (Mid Northern Scots) IPA(key): [ɡwid]
- (Ulster Scots, North Northern Scots) IPA(key): [ɡid]
Adjective
guid (comparative better, superlative best)
- good
- of good social standing, respectable
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Adverb
guid (comparative mair guid, superlative maist guid)
Noun
guid (plural guids)
Derived terms
- guids an gear (“possessions, property”)