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Hebrew
Etymology
Borrowed from English gay.
Noun
גיי • (transliteration needed)
- gay, homosexual
- gay person
Yiddish
Etymology 1
Inflection of גיין (geyn).
Pronunciation
Verb
גיי • (gey)
- inflection of גיין (geyn):
- first-person singular
- imperative singular
Interjection
גיי • (gey)
- come on, hurry up
- come on, expression of disbelief
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English gay.
Pronunciation
Adjective
גיי • (gey)
- (neologism) gay, homosexual
- Synonyms: האָמאָסעקסואַליסטיש (homoseksualistish), האָמאָסעקסועל (homoseksuel), זעלבמיניק (zelbminik)
Declension
Declension of גיי
predicative
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גיי gey
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case
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masculine
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neuter
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feminine
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plural
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indefinite
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definite
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post./nom.
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nominative
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גייער geyer
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גיי gey
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גייע geye
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גייס geys
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גייע geye
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גייע geye
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accusative
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גייען geyen
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dative
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גייען geyen
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גייער geyer
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Derived terms
See also
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “gay”, in Comprehensive English–Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press