goin

See also: Goin, go in, and goin'

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

goin

1. Pronunciation spelling of going.
   • 1870, Various, Punchinello, Vol. II., No. 34, November 19, 1870‎^[1]:

     I see they was goin, so I said:-- "My week-minded and misgided femails, hold your hosses a minnit, until an old statesman, who has served his country for 4 yeer as Gustise of the Peece, says a few remarks to you."

   • 1905, George Bernard Shaw, The Irrational Knot‎^[2]:

     Youre goin on fit to raise the street." "

   • 1994 April 29, Michael Dolan, “Nixon in Hell”, in Chicago Reader‎^[3]:

     Now I got nothing goin on but a fockin ping-pong tournament with Kurt Cobain, who fockin cheats, man, like it's gonna do him any fockin good.

Anagrams

• GINO, Gion, INGO, gino, ingo, ogin

Finnish

Noun

goin

1. instructive plural of go

Anagrams

• ongi

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

goin f (genitive singular goine, nominative plural goine)

1. bit, scrap

Declension

Declension of goin

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative goin goine Vocative a ghoin a ghoine Genitive goine goine Dative goin goine

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghoin na goine Genitive na goine na ngoine Dative leis an ngoin don ghoin leis na goine

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish gonaid, from Old Irish gonaid, from Proto-Celtic *gʷaneti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-.

Verb

goin (present analytic goineann, future analytic goinfidh, verbal noun goineadh, past participle gointe)

1. wound, stab, sting, hurt

   Synonyms: cneáigh, créachtaigh, leon

2. (literary) mortally wound, slay
3. (card games) jink, win (a game) outright

Conjugation

conjugation of goin (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	goinim	goinann tú; goinir†	goinann sé, sí	goinimid	goinann sibh	goinann siad; goinid†	a ghoinann; a ghoinas / a ngoinann*	gointar
	past	ghoin mé; ghoinas	ghoin tú; ghoinis	ghoin sé, sí	ghoinamar; ghoin muid	ghoin sibh; ghoinabhair	ghoin siad; ghoinadar	a ghoin / ar ghoin*	goinadh
	past habitual	ghoininn / ngoininn‡‡	ghointá / ngointᇇ	ghoinadh sé, sí / ngoinadh sé, s퇇	ghoinimis; ghoinadh muid / ngoinimis‡‡; ngoinadh muid‡‡	ghoinadh sibh / ngoinadh sibh‡‡	ghoinidís; ghoinadh siad / ngoinidís‡‡; ngoinadh siad‡‡	a ghoinadh / a ngoinadh*	ghointí / ngoint퇇
future		goinfidh mé; goinfad	goinfidh tú; goinfir†	goinfidh sé, sí	goinfimid; goinfidh muid	goinfidh sibh	goinfidh siad; goinfid†	a ghoinfidh; a ghoinfas / a ngoinfidh*	goinfar
conditional		ghoinfinn / ngoinfinn‡‡	ghoinfá / ngoinfᇇ	ghoinfadh sé, sí / ngoinfadh sé, s퇇	ghoinfimis; ghoinfadh muid / ngoinfimis‡‡; ngoinfadh muid‡‡	ghoinfadh sibh / ngoinfadh sibh‡‡	ghoinfidís; ghoinfadh siad / ngoinfidís‡‡; ngoinfadh siad‡‡	a ghoinfadh / a ngoinfadh*	ghoinfí / ngoinf퇇
subjunctive	present	go ngoin mé; go ngoinad†	go ngoin tú; go ngoinir†	go ngoin sé, sí	go ngoinimid; go ngoin muid	go ngoin sibh	go ngoin siad; go ngoinid†	—	go ngointar
	past	dá ngoininn	dá ngointá	dá ngoinadh sé, sí	dá ngoinimis; dá ngoinadh muid	dá ngoinadh sibh	dá ngoinidís; dá ngoinadh siad	—	dá ngointí
imperative		goinim	goin	goinadh sé, sí	goinimis	goinigí; goinidh†	goinidís	—	gointar
verbal noun		goineadh, gonadh
past participle		gointa

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Noun

goin f (genitive singular gona, nominative plural gonta)

1. wound

   Synonyms: cneá, créacht

2. stab, sting, hurt

Declension

Declension of goin

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative goin gonta Vocative a ghoin a ghonta Genitive gona gonta Dative goin gonta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghoin na gonta Genitive na gona na ngonta Dative leis an ngoin don ghoin leis na gonta

Derived terms

• cló gona
• goin ré
• gonán

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
goin	ghoin	ngoin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.