Irish

Verb

gonta

1. past participle of goin ‎(“(mortally) wound; slay; wound; stab, sting, hurt”)

Derived terms

• éag-ghonta ‎(“mortally wounded”, adjective)

Adjective

gonta

1. (of speech, style) sharp, incisive; terse, succinct; pungent
2. unsound

Derived terms

• gontacht f ‎(“sharpness, incisiveness; terseness, succinctness; piquancy, pungency”)

Etymology 2

Noun

gonta f pl

1. plural of goin ‎(“wound; stab, sting, hurt; bite”)

Mutation

References

• "gonta" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.