goistidh
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish goistibe, goiste (“godparent, sponsor; gossip”), borrowed from Old English godsibb (“godparent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔʃdʲɪ/
Noun
goistidh m (genitive singular goistidh, plural goistidhean)
- (Christianity) godfather, sponsor
- Synonyms: athair-baistidh, (dated) oide-baistidh
- Coordinate term: bana-ghoistidh
- bosom friend
- Coordinate term: bana-ghoistidh
- gossip
- Synonym: bana-ghoistidh
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| goistidh | ghoistidh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “goistidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “goistibe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 goiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language