goid

Irish

Alternative forms

• guid (Munster, Ulster)
• gad

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡɞdʲ/
• (Munster, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡɪdʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gataid (“take away, steal”).

Verb

goid (present analytic goideann, future analytic goidfidh, verbal noun goid, past participle goidte)

1. steal (illegally take possession of)

Conjugation

conjugation of goid (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	goidim	goideann tú; goidir†	goideann sé, sí	goidimid	goideann sibh	goideann siad; goidid†	a ghoideann; a ghoideas / a ngoideann*; a ngoideas*	goidtear
	past	ghoid mé; ghoideas	ghoid tú; ghoidis	ghoid sé, sí	ghoideamar; ghoid muid	ghoid sibh; ghoideabhair	ghoid siad; ghoideadar	a ghoid / ar ghoid*	goideadh
	past habitual	ghoidinn / ngoidinn‡‡	ghoidteá / ngoidteᇇ	ghoideadh sé, sí / ngoideadh sé, s퇇	ghoidimis; ghoideadh muid / ngoidimis‡‡; ngoideadh muid‡‡	ghoideadh sibh / ngoideadh sibh‡‡	ghoididís; ghoideadh siad / ngoididís‡‡; ngoideadh siad‡‡	a ghoideadh / a ngoideadh*	ghoidtí / ngoidt퇇
future		goidfidh mé; goidfead	goidfidh tú; goidfir†	goidfidh sé, sí	goidfimid; goidfidh muid	goidfidh sibh	goidfidh siad; goidfid†	a ghoidfidh; a ghoidfeas / a ngoidfidh*; a ngoidfeas*	goidfear
conditional		ghoidfinn / ngoidfinn‡‡	ghoidfeá / ngoidfeᇇ	ghoidfeadh sé, sí / ngoidfeadh sé, s퇇	ghoidfimis; ghoidfeadh muid / ngoidfimis‡‡; ngoidfeadh muid‡‡	ghoidfeadh sibh / ngoidfeadh sibh‡‡	ghoidfidís; ghoidfeadh siad / ngoidfidís‡‡; ngoidfeadh siad‡‡	a ghoidfeadh / a ngoidfeadh*	ghoidfí / ngoidf퇇
subjunctive	present	go ngoide mé; go ngoidead†	go ngoide tú; go ngoidir†	go ngoide sé, sí	go ngoidimid; go ngoide muid	go ngoide sibh	go ngoide siad; go ngoidid†	—	go ngoidtear
	past	dá ngoidinn	dá ngoidteá	dá ngoideadh sé, sí	dá ngoidimis; dá ngoideadh muid	dá ngoideadh sibh	dá ngoididís; dá ngoideadh siad	—	dá ngoidtí
imperative		goidim	goid	goideadh sé, sí	goidimis	goidigí; goididh†	goididís	—	goidtear
verbal noun		goid
past participle		goidte

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “goidim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 376
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “goid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From Old Irish gait.

Noun

goid f (genitive singular as substantive gada, genitive as verbal noun goidte)

1. verbal noun of goid
2. theft

Declension

As substantive:

Declension of goid

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative goid Vocative a ghoid Genitive gada Dative goid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an ghoid Genitive na gada Dative leis an ngoid don ghoid

As verbal noun:

Declension of goid

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative goid Vocative a ghoid Genitive goidte Dative goid

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an ghoid Genitive na goidte Dative leis an ngoid don ghoid

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “goid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 376
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “goid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
goid	ghoid	ngoid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gataid (“take away, steal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɤtʲ/

Verb

goid (past ghoid, future goididh, verbal noun goid, past participle goidte)

1. steal

Noun

goid f (genitive singular goide, plural goidean)

1. verbal noun of goid
2. theft

Synonyms

• mèirle

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
goid	ghoid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gait (‘taking away; theft’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gataid (‘take away, steal’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language