goy

== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Goundo with y as a placeholder. === Symbol === goy (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Goundo. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Goundo terms == English == === Alternative forms === goi, Goi, Goy === Etymology === Borrowed from Yiddish גוי (goy, “gentile”), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “nation”). The term goy does not technically refer to non-Jews, but rather to a nation per se; the Jews are said to constitute a goy. But through common usage – namely referring to "the [other non-Jewish] nations" – the word came to colloquially refer to non-Jews. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Clarification needed. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɔɪ/ Rhymes: -ɔɪ Hyphenation: goy === Noun === goy (plural goyim or goys or goyem or goyin) (sometimes offensive) A non-Jew, a gentile. Synonyms: gentile, non-Jew, akum, (pejorative) shegetz, (pejorative) shkotz Hyponym: (female) shiksa (neo-Nazism, derogatory) Synonym of shabbos goy (“a gentile thought to be subservient to Jewish people”) ==== Usage notes ==== This noun is sometimes taken to be offensive; speakers wishing to avoid offense may prefer the term gentile (sometimes capitalized as Gentile) or simply non-Jew. The plural goyim is occasionally misinterpreted as a singular form by people unfamiliar with Hebrew, yielding the redundant plural form goyims. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: ゴイ (goi) → Portuguese: goy ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === ygo == Anguthimri == === Noun === goy (Mpakwithi) buck wallaby === References === Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186 == Cebuano == === Etymology === Clipped from migoy, diminutive of migo, from amigo. === Noun === goy (colloquial) buddy (Used to address a male friend.) == Ladino == === Etymology === From Hebrew גוי. === Noun === goy m (Hebrew spelling גוי, plural goyim, feminine goya) goy, gentile, non-Jew === Further reading === Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “goy, yá”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “goyim”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Unadapted borrowing from English goy. ==== Noun ==== goy m or f by sense (plural goys) alternative form of gói === Etymology 2 === Possibly by influence from English guy, by association with gay. ==== Noun ==== goy m (plural goys) closeted gay man; a homosexual male who does not assume himself as such === References === “goy”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Yiddish גוי (goy, “gentile”), from Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “nation”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡoi/ [ˈɡoi̯] Rhymes: -oi Syllabification: goy === Noun === goy m or f by sense (plural goyim) (sometimes offensive) goy Synonym: gentil