gnúis

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish gnúis. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡn̪ˠuːʃ/ (Galway) IPA(key): /ɡnˠuːʃ/, /ɡɾˠuːʃ/ (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠuːʃ/ === Noun === gnúis f (genitive singular gnúise, nominative plural gnúiseanna or núise) face (front part of head), visage, countenance face (facial expression) (specifically) a wry face or expression mien gnúis mhaorga ― a noble or lofty mien ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (front part of head): éadan (factial expression): dreach === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === 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 == Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *gnūstis, whence also Middle Welsh gnis (“jaw, chin, face”), further origins unclear. Maybe connected to giun (“mouth”). MacBain connects it with Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡnuːsʲ/ === 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 ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Irish: gnúis Scottish Gaelic: gnùis Manx: grooish === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gnúis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language