different between goit vs goin

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Etymology 1

From Middle English gote (“channel, stream”), from Old English *gotu (“channel, gutter, drain”), from Proto-Germanic *gut? (“gutter, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?ew- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots gote, goit, goate (“trench, ditch, watercourse”), Dutch goot (“gutter”), Middle Low German gote (“ditch”). More at gote.

Noun

goit (plural goits)

1. (Britain, Yorkshire and Lancashire) A small artificial channel carrying water. Usually used with respect to channels built to feed mills.

Etymology 2

Popularised by the television series Red Dwarf. Possibly a shortening of goitre (i.e. a pain in the neck), or from git.

Noun

goit (plural goits)

1. (informal, derogatory) A fool.

English

Verb

goin

1. Pronunciation spelling of going.

Anagrams

• GINO, Gion, gino, ingo, ogin

Finnish

Noun

goin

1. Instructive plural form of go.

Anagrams

• ongi

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

goin f (genitive singular goine, nominative plural goine)

1. bit, scrap

Declension

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish gonaid, from Old Irish gonaid.

Noun

goin f (genitive singular gona, nominative plural gonta)

1. wound

   Synonyms: cneá, créacht

2. stab, sting, hurt

Declension

Derived terms

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

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