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guid

guid

See also: GUID and guid-

Middle English

Noun

guid (plural guids)

  1. 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

  1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of guidid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
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)

  1. good
  2. of good social standing, respectable

Derived terms

Adverb

guid (comparative mair guid, superlative maist guid)

  1. good, very, pretty

Noun

guid (plural guids)

  1. good

Derived terms