different between gov vs goy

English

Alternative forms

• gov.
• (governor): guv

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??v/
• Rhymes: -?v

Noun

gov (plural govs)

1. (slang, abbreviation, shortened form) Governor.
2. (politics, abbreviation, shortened form) Government.

Related terms

• (government): gov't

Anagrams

• vog

Breton

Etymology

From Old Breton gob, from Proto-Celtic *gobanos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ow/

Noun

gov m (plural govien or govion)

1. smith

Derived terms

English

Alternative forms

• Goy
• goi, Goi

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish ???? (goy, “gentile”), from Hebrew ?????? (goi, “nation”).

Compare Exodus 19:6: ????? ????? ???? ???? (mamlekhet kohanim wegoy qadosh, “ […] a kingdom of priests and a holy nation”) (referring to the Jewish people). The word goy technically refers not to non-Jews, but rather to a nation per se; the Jews are said to constitute a “goy”. But through common usage – namely referring to "the [other non-Jewish] nations" – the word came to colloquially refer to non-Jews.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

goy (plural goyim or goys or goyem)

1. A non-Jew, a gentile. (See usage notes)

   Synonyms: akum, gentile, shegetz, shkotz

   Hyponym: (female) shiksa

Usage notes

This noun is sometimes taken to be offensive; speakers wishing to avoid offense may prefer the term gentile (sometimes capitalized as Gentile) or simply non-Jew.

Derived terms

• anti-goy
• antigoyism
• anti-goyish
• goyish
• shabbos goy

Translations

Anagrams

• ygo

Anguthimri

Noun

goy

1. (Mpakwithi) buck wallaby

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew ????.

Noun

goy m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ????, plural goyim, feminine goya)

1. goy, gentile, non-Jew

Portuguese

Noun

goy m, f (plural goys)

1. Alternative spelling of gói