"גולם" meaning in Yiddish

See גולם in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɔɪ̯ləm/ Forms: goylem [romanization], goylems [romanization], goylomem [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem). Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|he|גולם|גולם \ גֹּלֶם|tr=gólem}} Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem) Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=goylem}} גולם • (goylem) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|pl=גולמס|pl2=גולמים|pl2tr=goylomem|pltr=goylems|tr=goylem}} גולם • (goylem) m, plural גולמס (goylems) or גולמים (goylomem)
  1. (mythology, folklore) golem
    Sense id: en-גולם-yi-noun-TFzdt4Wb Categories (other): Folklore, Mythological creatures, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Yiddish terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with redundant script codes: 91 9 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, publishing, sciences
  2. (derogatory) fool, idiot, dummy Tags: derogatory Synonyms: טיפּש
    Sense id: en-גולם-yi-noun-J-zAZFY9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: דער עולם איז אַ גולם (der oylem iz a goylem)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "der oylem iz a goylem",
      "word": "דער עולם איז אַ גולם"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "גולם",
        "4": "גולם \\ גֹּלֶם",
        "tr": "gólem"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew גולם \\ גֹּלֶם (gólem)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew גולם \\ גֹּלֶם (gólem).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goylem",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goylems",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goylomem",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "goylem"
      },
      "expansion": "גולם • (goylem) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "גולמס",
        "pl2": "גולמים",
        "pl2tr": "goylomem",
        "pltr": "goylems",
        "tr": "goylem"
      },
      "expansion": "גולם • (goylem) m, plural גולמס (goylems) or גולמים (goylomem)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Folklore",
          "orig": "yi:Folklore",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Mythological creatures",
          "orig": "yi:Mythological creatures",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "golem"
      ],
      "id": "en-גולם-yi-noun-TFzdt4Wb",
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "folklore",
          "folklore"
        ],
        [
          "golem",
          "golem"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mythology, folklore) golem"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "folklore",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "publishing",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "fool, idiot, dummy"
      ],
      "id": "en-גולם-yi-noun-J-zAZFY9",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ],
        [
          "idiot",
          "idiot"
        ],
        [
          "dummy",
          "dummy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) fool, idiot, dummy"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "טיפּש"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɔɪ̯ləm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "גולם"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish masculine nouns",
    "Yiddish nouns",
    "Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "der oylem iz a goylem",
      "word": "דער עולם איז אַ גולם"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "גולם",
        "4": "גולם \\ גֹּלֶם",
        "tr": "gólem"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew גולם \\ גֹּלֶם (gólem)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew גולם \\ גֹּלֶם (gólem).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goylem",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goylems",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goylomem",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "goylem"
      },
      "expansion": "גולם • (goylem) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "גולמס",
        "pl2": "גולמים",
        "pl2tr": "goylomem",
        "pltr": "goylems",
        "tr": "goylem"
      },
      "expansion": "גולם • (goylem) m, plural גולמס (goylems) or גולמים (goylomem)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "yi:Folklore",
        "yi:Mythological creatures"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "golem"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "folklore",
          "folklore"
        ],
        [
          "golem",
          "golem"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mythology, folklore) golem"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "folklore",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "publishing",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yiddish derogatory terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fool, idiot, dummy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ],
        [
          "idiot",
          "idiot"
        ],
        [
          "dummy",
          "dummy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) fool, idiot, dummy"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "טיפּש"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɔɪ̯ləm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "גולם"
}

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