גומי
Hebrew edit
Noun edit
גּוּמִי • (gúmi) m
References edit
- “גומי” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading edit
גומי on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Yiddish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi). Compare German Gummi. Doublet of גומע (gume).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
גומי • (gumi) m or f, plural גומיס (gumis), diminutive גומקע (gumke)
- (uncountable) rubber, gum (substance)
- (countable) eraser
- Synonym: ראַדיר־גומי (radir-gumi)
- (countable) tyre (of a car or bicycle)
- Synonym: ראַדיר־גומי (radir-gumi)
Usage notes edit
- Only the first sense is attested in the CYED and CEYD, which treat the word as basically a variant of גומע (gume).
- Feminine according to the JNW; masculine according to the CEYD.
Derived terms edit
- קײַגומי (kaygumi)
- גומי־אַראַביק (gumi-arabik)
- גומיבוים (gumiboym)
- גומילאַסטיק (gumilastik)
- ראַדיר־גומי (radir-gumi)
- שוימגומי (shoymgumi, “foam rubber”)
References edit
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “גומי”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “גומי” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “rubber”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN