goes
See also: Goes, Góes, goês, gös, and Goes.
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡəʊz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡoʊz/
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊz
Verb
goes
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of go
Noun
goes
- plural of go
Anagrams
- EOGs, GEOs, Gose, Sego, egos, geos, gose, sego
Cornish
Alternative forms
- goos
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *waytos, probably ultimately from the root of gwythi (“veins”), see that entry for cognates.[1] Cognate with Breton gwad and Welsh gwaed.
Noun
goes m
- blood
Mutation
Mutation of goes
| Cornish consonant mutation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
| goes | woes | unchanged | koes | hwoes | woes |
References
- Buck, C. D. (2008). A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages. United States: University of Chicago Press, p. 206
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡoːɨ̯s/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡɔi̯s/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡoːs/
Noun
goes
- Soft mutation of coes.
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| coes | goes | nghoes | choes |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian gōs, from Proto-West Germanic *gans.
Noun
goes c (plural guozzen or gies, diminutive guoske)
- goose
Usage notes
- The plural gies is archaic.
Further reading
- “goes”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Westrobothnian
Etymology
go + -es
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡ̊ɯ̀ᵝːe̞s]
- Rhymes: -ùːɛs, -ùːðɛs
Verb
goes
- (intransitive) To cuddle.
See also
- goes ve