"גיי" meaning in Yiddish

See גיי in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɡɛɪ̯/
Etymology: Borrowed from English gay. Etymology templates: {{bor+|yi|en|gay}} Borrowed from English gay Head templates: {{yi-adj}} גיי • (gey) Inflection templates: {{yi-decl}} Forms: gey [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], גיי [predicative], גייער [masculine, nominative], גיי [indefinite, neuter, nominative], גייע [definite, neuter, nominative], גייס [neuter, nominative, postpositional], גייע [feminine, nominative], גייע [nominative, plural], גייען [accusative, masculine], גיי [accusative, indefinite, neuter], גייע [accusative, definite, neuter], גייס [accusative, neuter, postpositional], גייע [accusative, feminine], גייע [accusative, plural], גייען [dative, masculine], גיי [dative, indefinite, neuter], גייען [dative, definite, neuter], גייען [dative, neuter, postpositional], גייער [dative, feminine], גייע [dative, plural]
  1. (neologism) gay, homosexual Tags: neologism Synonyms: האָמאָסעקסואַליסטיש, האָמאָסעקסועל, זעלבמיניק Derived forms: גייבאַר (geybar) Related terms: געי
    Sense id: en-גיי-yi-adj-UFux~4wQ Categories (other): Yiddish neologisms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Interjection

IPA: /ɡɛɪ̯/, /ɡaɪ̯/ [Poylish] Forms: gey [romanization]
Etymology: Inflection of גיין (geyn). Head templates: {{head|yi|interjection}} גיי • (gey)
  1. come on, hurry up
    Sense id: en-גיי-yi-intj-wvrEz6iy
  2. come on, expression of disbelief
    Sense id: en-גיי-yi-intj-KPmnTyYh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɡɛɪ̯/, /ɡaɪ̯/ [Poylish] Forms: gey [romanization]
Etymology: Inflection of גיין (geyn). Head templates: {{head|yi|verb form}} גיי • (gey)
  1. inflection of גיין (geyn):
    first-person singular
    Tags: first-person, form-of, singular Form of: גיין (extra: (geyn):) Categories (topical): LGBTQ
    Sense id: en-גיי-yi-verb-96Mkacio Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 21 1 10 47 22 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 33 7 8 4 39 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 27 5 6 3 52 5 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 4 9 17 49 21 Disambiguation of Yiddish links with redundant wikilinks: 3 6 10 55 25
  2. inflection of גיין (geyn):
    imperative singular
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular Form of: גיין (extra: (geyn):)
    Sense id: en-גיי-yi-verb-lLmKnmUx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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        {
          "word": "האָמאָסעקסואַליסטיש"
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          "word": "האָמאָסעקסועל"
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "גיי • (gey)",
      "name": "yi-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "yi-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "געי"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yiddish neologisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gay, homosexual"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gay",
          "gay"
        ],
        [
          "homosexual",
          "homosexual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(neologism) gay, homosexual"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "האָמאָסעקסואַליסטיש"
        },
        {
          "word": "האָמאָסעקסועל"
        },
        {
          "word": "זעלבמיניק"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neologism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɛɪ̯/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "גיי"
}

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