EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
goin1, f. (gs. & pl. ~e). Bit, scrap. ~e olla, coarse bits of wool, wool-waste. Má tá ~ ar bith de fágtha, if there is any little bit of it left. Tá ~ éigin maitheasa ann, there is some bit of good in him.
goin2, f. (gs. gona, pl. gonta). 1. vn. of goin3. 2. Wound; stab, sting, hurt. ~ bháis, death-wound. ~ chléibh, chroí, body-, heart-, wound; piercing sorrow. ~ teasa, heat-stroke. Fuair sé ~ ghréine, he got sunstroke. ~ ocrais, pang of hunger. Bhí ~ air chun a dhinnéir, he was hungry for his dinner. ~ choinsiasa, twinge of conscience. 3. ~ ré, waning of moon. B:Tinn le ~ na ré, moonstruck. 4. Fish: Bite.
goin3, v.t. (pp. gonta). 1. (a) Lit: (Mortally) wound; slay. (b) Wound; stab, sting, hurt. ~eadh le piléar, sa ghualainn, é, he was wounded by a bullet, in the shoulder. Ghoin sé go croí mé, it stabbed me to the heart. Ghoin sé an beo ann, it cut him to the quick. Ghoin an focal é, the remark stung him. Ghoin mo choinsias mé, my conscience pricked me. S.a. aire1 2. 2. Ó ghointear an ré, from the time the moon begins to wane.
goin4, v.t. (vn. ~t f, gs. ~te). Cards: Cluiche a ghoint, to win game outright, to jink.
goin5 = gin2.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ ghonta, succinct expression.
Buille báis, goin bháis, deathblow, fatal wound.
2. ~ (gona), tent (for wound).
Gona ~ de liaga lómhara, with its artistic arrangement of precious stones.
Each gona shrian, a horse plus its bridle.
Cainteoir ~, trenchant, forceful, speaker.
Tagairt ghonta, pointed reference.
Scéal ~, succinctly told story.
Stíl ghonta, terse style.
Adhmad ~, unsound timber.
Maois gona ~, Moses with his migrating people.
Beodhíle gona ~, livestock with their produce.
~ na bhfear gonta, heath, white, bedstraw.
Thug sé goin ghránna, he inflicted an ugly wound.