guí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gui"

Irish

Alternative forms

• guidhe (superseded)
• guibhe (Galway)
• guíochtain, guíochtaint

Etymology

From Old Irish guide, from Proto-Celtic *gʷedyā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-yeh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiː/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪvʲə/ (corresponding to the form guibhe)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡiə/ (corresponding to the form guidhe)

Noun

guí f (genitive singular guí, nominative plural guíonna)

1. verbal noun of guigh
2. prayer

Declension

Declension of guí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative guí guíonna vocative a ghuí a ghuíonna genitive guí guíonna dative guí guíonna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ghuí na guíonna genitive na guí na nguíonna dative leis an nguí don ghuí leis na guíonna

Verb

guí

1. present subjunctive analytic of guigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of guí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
guí	ghuí	nguí

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “guí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “guide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “guiḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 387
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “guí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “guí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21