goy
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#GOY GoundoCategory:Translingual clippings#GOY with y as a placeholder.
Symbol
goyCategory:Translingual lemmas#GOYCategory:Translingual symbols#GOYCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#GOYCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#GOYCategory:Pages with entries#GOYCategory:Pages with 8 entries#GOY
See also
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish גוי (goy, “gentile”), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “nation”).
Category:English terms derived from Yiddish#GOYCategory:English terms derived from Biblical Hebrew#GOYCategory:English terms borrowed from Yiddish#GOYCategory:Pages with etymology trees#GOYCategory:English entries with etymology trees#GOYCategory:English entries with etymology texts#GOYCategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#GOYThe 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.Category:Requests for expansion of etymologies in English entries#GOY
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔɪ/Category:English 1-syllable words#GOYCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#GOY
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#GOYAudio (Southern England): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#GOYAudio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪCategory:Rhymes:English/ɔɪ#GOYCategory:Rhymes:English/ɔɪ/1 syllable#GOY
- Hyphenation: goy
Noun
goy (plural goyim or goys or goyem or goyin)Category:English lemmas#GOYCategory:English nouns#GOYCategory:English countable nouns#GOYCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#GOYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GOYCategory:Pages with entries#GOYCategory:Pages with 8 entries#GOY
- (sometimes offensiveCategory:English offensive terms#GOY) A non-Jew, a gentile.
- Synonyms: gentile, non-Jew, 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.Category:English terms with quotations#GOY
- (neo-NazismCategory:en:Neo-Nazism#GOY, derogatoryCategory:English derogatory terms#GOY) 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
Translations
Anagrams
Category:English nouns with irregular plurals#GOY Category:en:Judaism#GOY Category:English 3-letter words#GOYAnguthimri
Noun
goyCategory:Anguthimri lemmas#GOYCategory:Anguthimri nouns#GOYCategory:Anguthimri entries with incorrect language header#GOYCategory:Pages with entries#GOYCategory:Pages with 8 entries#GOY
References
- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186
Cebuano
Etymology
Noun
goyCategory:Cebuano lemmas#GOYCategory:Cebuano nouns#GOYCategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#GOYCategory:Pages with entries#GOYCategory:Pages with 8 entries#GOY
- (colloquialCategory:Cebuano colloquialisms#GOY) buddy (Used to address a male friend.)
Ladino
Etymology
From HebrewCategory:Ladino terms borrowed from Hebrew#GOYCategory:Ladino terms derived from Hebrew#GOY גוי.
Noun
goy m (Hebrew spelling גוי, plural goyim, feminine goya)Category:Ladino lemmas#GOYCategory:Ladino nouns#GOYCategory:Ladino nouns in Latin script#GOYCategory:Ladino entries with incorrect language header#GOYCategory:Ladino masculine nouns#GOYCategory:Pages with entries#GOYCategory:Pages with 8 entries#GOY
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
Adjective
goy (comparative lebih goy, superlative paling goy)Category:Malay lemmas#GOYCategory:Malay adjectives#GOYCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#GOYCategory:Pages with entries#GOYCategory:Pages with 8 entries#GOY
- (slangCategory:Malay slang#GOY) nervous, afraid
- Synonyms: gentar (formal), takut (common)
- Kau goy ke nak lawan dengan dia?
- Are you afraid to fight with him?
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Unadapted borrowing from English goy.
Category:Portuguese terms derived from English#GOY%7CGOYCategory:Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English#GOY%7CGOYCategory:Portuguese terms derived from English#GOYCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from English#GOY%7CGOYCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Biblical Hebrew#GOYCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Yiddish#GOYCategory:Pages with etymology trees#GOYCategory:Portuguese entries with etymology trees#GOYCategory:Portuguese entries with etymology texts#GOYNoun
goy m or f by sense (plural goys)Category:Portuguese lemmas#GOYCategory:Portuguese nouns#GOYCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#GOYCategory:Portuguese terms spelled with Y#GOYCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#GOYCategory:Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense#GOYCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#GOYCategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#GOYCategory:Portuguese nouns with multiple genders#GOYCategory:Pages with entries#GOYCategory:Pages with 8 entries#GOY
- alternative form of gói
Etymology 2
Possibly by influence from English guy, by association with gay.
Noun
goy m (plural goys)Category:Portuguese lemmas#GOYCategory:Portuguese nouns#GOYCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#GOYCategory:Portuguese terms spelled with Y#GOYCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#GOYCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#GOYCategory:Pages with entries#GOYCategory:Pages with 8 entries#GOY
- 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 YiddishCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Yiddish#GOYCategory:Spanish terms derived from Yiddish#GOY גוי (goy, “gentile”), from HebrewCategory:Spanish terms derived from Hebrew#GOY גּוֹי (goi, “nation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡoi/ [ˈɡoi̯]Category:Spanish 1-syllable words#GOYCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#GOY
- Rhymes: -oiCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/oi#GOYCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/oi/1 syllable#GOY
- Syllabification: goy
Noun
goy m or f by sense (plural goyim)Category:Spanish lemmas#GOYCategory:Spanish nouns#GOYCategory:Spanish countable nouns#GOYCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#GOYCategory:Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense#GOYCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#GOYCategory:Spanish feminine nouns#GOYCategory:Spanish nouns with multiple genders#GOYCategory:Pages with entries#GOYCategory:Pages with 8 entries#GOY
- (sometimes offensiveCategory:Spanish offensive terms#GOY) goy
- Synonym: gentil