goig

Inherited from Latin gaudium. First attested in the 12th century.^[1] Doublet of gaudi, a later learned borrowing.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡɔt͡ʃ]

goig m (plural goigs)

1. joy, pleasure
2. (poetry, especially in plural) a verse in praise of the Virgin Mary or a saint

• “goig”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “goig”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “goig” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “goig” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.