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goy
[ goi ]
/ gɔɪ /
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noun, plural goy·im [goi-im], /ˈgɔɪ ɪm/, goys.Usually Disparaging.
a term used by a Jew to refer to someone who is not Jewish.
a term used by an observant Jew to refer to a Jew who is not religious or is ignorant of Judaism.
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Origin of goy
First recorded in 1835–45; from Yiddish, from Hebrew goi “nation, non-Jew, Jew ignorant of the Jewish religion”
usage note for goy
Use of this term usually implies a contempt for non-Jews as being different from or even inferior to Jews: Only a goy would use such faulty logic. goy is rarely used in a neutral, descriptive way as a synonym for gentile , though that is its meaning in Yiddish and Hebrew. In another usually disparaging usage, goy is applied to a Jew who is not observant.
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goyish, adjectiveWords nearby goy
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British Dictionary definitions for goy
goy
/ (ɡɔɪ) /
noun plural goyim (ˈɡɔɪɪm) or goys
a Jewish word for a gentile
Derived forms of goy
goyish, adjectiveWord Origin for goy
from Yiddish, from Hebrew goi people
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