goes

See also: GOES, Goes, Goes., Góes, goês, and gös

English

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡəʊz/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɡoʊz/
  • Audio (GA)(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊz
  • Hyphenation: goes

Verb

goes

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of go

Noun

goes

  1. plural of go

Anagrams

Cornish

Alternative forms

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

  1. blood

Mutation
  Mutation of goes  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixedmixed after 'th
goes woes unchanged koes hwoes woes

References
  1. 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

Noun

goes

  1. 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)

  1. goose

Usage notes
  • The plural gies is archaic.

Further reading
  • “goes”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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