goy
English edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Yiddish גוי (goy, “gentile”), from Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “nation”).
Compare Exodus 19:6: ממלכת כהנים וגוי קדוש (mamlekhet kohanim wegoy qadosh, “ […] a kingdom of priests and a holy nation”) (referring to the Jewish people). The word goy technically refers not 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.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
goy (plural goyim or goys or goyem)
- (sometimes offensive) A non-Jew, a gentile.
- Synonyms: gentile, non-Jew, (pejorative) akum, (pejorative) shegetz, (pejorative) shkotz
- Hyponym: (female) shiksa
- 1988, Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron:
- I don’t think that marriage is working, but I’m not going to be stupid about it and say she shouldn’t have married a goy.
Usage notes edit
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.
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Anguthimri edit
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goy
References edit
- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186
Ladino edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
goy m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling גוי, plural goyim, feminine goya)
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
goy m or f by sense (plural goys)
- Alternative spelling of gói
Etymology 2 edit
Possibly by influence from English guy, by association with gay.
Noun edit
goy m (plural goys)
- a homosexual male who does not assume himself as such; a closeted gay
References edit
- "Goy" in Dicionário Informal.
Salar edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *koń. Compare to Turkish koyun, Kazakh қой (qoi), Southern Altai кой (koy), Azerbaijani qoyun, etc.
Pronunciation edit
- (Chahandusi, Qingshui, Hanbahe, Baizhuang, Mengda, Ejia, Daowei, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [qoj]
- (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [koj]
Noun edit
goy (3rd person possessive goyı, plural goylar)
Related terms edit
- goşgur (“ram”)
References edit
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “qoi”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 386, 463
- 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “qoy”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages - Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 263
- Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “qoy”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 234
- 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985) “goy”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar][1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 4
- Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “goy”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[2], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 107
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Yiddish גוי (goy, “gentile”), from Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “nation”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
goy m or f by sense (plural goyim)