goy
A non-Jew; a gentileA non-Jew; a gentile.
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» The literal meaning of "goy" is "nation."
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3 senses(offensive, sometimes)A non-Jew; a gentile.
Goi, Nichtjude
гойgoj
гойhoj
a Christian as contrasted with a Jew
(derogatory)Synonym of shabbos goy (“a gentile thought to be subservient to Jewish people”)
(Internet, broadly)A mindless consumer of low-quality entertainment and products ("goyslop"); a consoomer.
Near-synonym: NPC
Examples
16 sentencesThe literal meaning of "goy" is "nation."
Similar bad-faith arguments are made against the words "goy" and "cis."
The word goy likely is derived from gev, meaning body or torso.
Antisemites have for some time disingenuously claimed the word "goy" to be a slur.
Tom is a goy.
ruТом – гой. — Ooneykcall
deTom ist ein Goi. — rul
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Yiddish גוי (goy, “gentile”), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “natBorrowed from Yiddish גוי (goy, “gentile”), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “nation”).
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Forms
plural: goyim / goys / goyem / goyinSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.