"shabbos goy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʃɑbəs ˈɡɔɪ/ Forms: shabbos goys [plural], shabbos goyim [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שבת גוי (shabes goy, literally “Sabbath gentile”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|yi|שבת גוי|lit=Sabbath gentile|tr=shabes goy}} Borrowed from Yiddish שבת גוי (shabes goy, literally “Sabbath gentile”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|shabbos goyim}} shabbos goy (plural shabbos goys or shabbos goyim)
  1. A gentile who performs certain acts which are forbidden to observant Jews on Shabbat, such as kindling fire. Synonyms: Sabbath Gentile, Sabbath goy
    Sense id: en-shabbos_goy-en-noun-sPnY731- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations, Judaism, Occupations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Judaism: 49 51 Disambiguation of Occupations: 82 18
  2. (neo-Nazism, derogatory) A gentile who holds philo-Semitic views, and is thought to be subservient to Jewish people. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-shabbos_goy-en-noun-~kwZAeOa Categories (other): Neo-Nazism, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Yiddish translations, Judaism, People Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Judaism: 49 51 Disambiguation of People: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (a gentile servant): şabesqoy (Azerbaijani), sjabbesgoj [masculine] (Dutch), shabbes goy [masculine] (French), Schabbes-Goj [masculine] (German), גוי של שבת (goy shel shabat) [masculine] (Hebrew), szabes goj [masculine] (Polish), szabes-goj [masculine] (Polish), goj szabatowy [masculine] (Polish), шабесгой (shabesgoy) [masculine] (Russian), shabbesgoj [common-gender] (Swedish), שבת גוי (shabes goy) [masculine] (Yiddish)
Disambiguation of 'a gentile servant': 49 51

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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