shabbos goy
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English
Alternative forms
- Shabbat Goy, Shabbat goy, shabbat goy
- Shabbes Goy, Shabbes goy, shabbes goy
- Shabbos Goy, Shabbos goy
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish שבת גוי (shabes goy, literally “Sabbath gentile”).
Pronunciation
Noun
shabbos goy (plural shabbos goys)
- A Gentile who performs certain acts which are forbidden to observant Jews on the Sabbath/Shabbat, such as kindling fire.
- Sometimes the family was helped on the Sabbath by a shabbos goy who would light some candles in their house.
- (neo-Nazism, derogatory) A Gentile who holds philo-Semitic views, at the expense of their own race.
Hypernyms
- (pro-Jewish Gentile): race traitor
Translations
gentile servant
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