"gnúis" meaning in Old Irish

See gnúis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡnuːsʲ/
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”). Etymology templates: {{root|sga|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-}}, {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*gnūstis}} Proto-Celtic *gnūstis, {{cog|wlm|gnis|t=jaw, chin, face}} Middle Welsh gnis (“jaw, chin, face”), {{der|sga|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-|t=to know}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”) Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|gnúsa||||||||{{{3}}}||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} gnúis f (genitive gnúsa), {{sga-noun|f|gnúsa}} gnúis f (genitive gnúsa) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-i|gnús|g=f}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=gnúis+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=gnúisi+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=gnúis+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=i-f|dat_du=gnúisib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=gnúisib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=gnúis+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|dat_sg4=|gen_du=gnúso+H|gen_du2=gnúsa+H|gen_du3=|gen_du4=|gen_du5=|gen_pl=gnúise+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=gnúso+H|gen_sg2=gnúsa+H|gen_sg3=|gen_sg4=|gen_sg5=|n=|nom_du=gnúis+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=gnúisi+H|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=gnúis|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=gnúis+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=gnúisi+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=gnúis|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}} Forms: gnúsa [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], gnúis [nominative, singular], gnúis [dual, nominative], gnúisi [nominative, plural], gnúis [singular, vocative], gnúis [dual, vocative], gnúisi [plural, vocative], gnúis [accusative, singular], gnúis [accusative, dual], gnúisi [accusative, plural], gnúso [genitive, singular], gnúsa [genitive, singular], gnúso [dual, genitive], gnúsa [dual, genitive], gnúise [genitive, plural], gnúis [dative, singular], gnúisib [dative, dual], gnúisib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], gnúis [error-unrecognized-form], ngnúis
  1. face (front part of head) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Face
    Sense id: en-gnúis-sga-noun-U9YcoOLC Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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      "ipa": "/ɡnuːsʲ/"
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          "english": "They would not have endured the beholding of his face after he had been conversing with God, at the bestowing of the law to him.",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡnuːsʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gnúis"
}

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