goitse
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Contraction of gabh anseo, or perhaps gabh tú anseo
Verb
[edit]goitse
- (Ulster) come here! come hither!
- Synonyms: (Connacht) gabh i leith, (Connemara) tar i leith, (Munster) tar anseo
Usage notes
[edit]- Only used in the second-person imperative form: the second-person plural form goitsigí is also used.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “goitse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN