goja

See also: goją and ĝoja

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡɔ.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡɔ.d͡ʒa]

Etymology 1

Cognate with Occitan goja (“waitress”) (originally "young woman, maid"), perhaps from Hebrew גויה (goyá, “gentile woman”).

Noun

goja f (plural goges) (folklore)

1. fairy
2. water nymph

   Synonyms: aloja, dona d'aigua, encantada, patida

   Hypernym: nimfa

Derived terms

• gojar

Etymology 2

Verb

goja

1. inflection of gojar (“to bewitch”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

Verb

goja

1. inflection of gojar (“to enjoy; to benefit from”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “goja” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Alternative forms

• goia

Noun

goja f (plural gojas)

1. (religion, obsolete) Christian woman

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Gascony):

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Noun

goja f (plural gojas)

1. waitress

References

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 298.

Swedish

Etymology

From papegoja.

Noun

goja c

1. (colloquial) a parrot (bird)

   Synonym: papegoja

2. (colloquial) gobbledygook, nonsense

   Han snackar bara en massa goja

   He just speaks a bunch of gobbledygook

   Vad snackar du för goja?

   What gobbledygook are you spewing?

   Vilken goja...

   What nonsense...

Declension

Declension of goja
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	goja	gojan	gojor	gojorna
Genitive	gojas	gojans	gojors	gojornas

References

• goja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• goja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• goja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)