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)

1. (Christianity) godfather, sponsor

   Synonyms: athair-baistidh, (dated) oide-baistidh

   Coordinate term: bana-ghoistidh

2. bosom friend

   Coordinate term: bana-ghoistidh

3. 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]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “goistibe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 goiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language