gonta
Irish
Etymology 1
Verb
gonta
- past participle of goin (“(mortally) wound; slay; wound; stab, sting, hurt”)
Derived terms
- éag-ghonta (“mortally wounded”, adjective)
Adjective
gonta
Derived terms
- gontacht f (“sharpness, incisiveness; terseness, succinctness; piquancy, pungency”)
Etymology 2
Noun
gonta f pl
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gonta | ghonta | ngonta |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gonta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN