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Goy vs Goyim - What's the difference?

goy | goyim |

As nouns the difference between goy and goyim

is that goy is a non-Jew, a Gentile while goyim is plural of lang=en.

goy

English

(wikipedia goy)

Alternative forms

* Goy * goi, Goi

Noun

  • A non-Jew, a Gentile.
  • * 1988 , :
    • I don’t think that marriage is working, but I’m not going to be stupid about it and say she shouldn’t have married a goy .

    Synonyms

    * gentile * minuth, minim * oved elilim * nokhri, nokhrim * amme haaretz * ger toshav * apikorosim * akum * shegetz, shkotzim

    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 (term).

    Derived terms

    * antigoyism * anti-goyish

    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    goyim

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Synonyms

    * goys