shabbos goy

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

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑbəs ˈɡɔɪ/

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 opposes anti-Semitism.

Hypernyms

(pro-Jewish Gentile): race traitor

Translations

gentile servant

Dutch: sjabbesgoj (nl) m
French: shabbes goy (fr) m
German: Schabbes-Goj m
Hebrew: גוי של שבת (he) m (goy shel shabat)
Polish: szabes goj m, szabes-goj m, goj szabatowy m
Yiddish: שבת גוי (yi) m (shabes goy)

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