גיי

Yiddish

Etymology 1

Inflection of גיין (geyn).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɛɪ̯/
  • (Poylish) IPA(key): /ɡaɪ̯/

Verb

גיי • (gey)

  1. inflection of גיין (geyn):
    1. first-person singular
    2. imperative singular

Interjection

גיי • (gey)

  1. come on, hurry up
  2. come on, expression of disbelief

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English gay.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɛɪ̯/

Adjective

גיי • (gey)

  1. (neologism) gay, homosexual
    Synonyms: האָמאָסעקסואַליסטיש (homoseksualistish), האָמאָסעקסועל (homoseksuel), זעלבמיניק (zelbminik)
Declension
Declension of גיי
predicative גיי
gey
case masculine neuter feminine plural
indefinite definite post./nom.
nominative גייער
geyer		 גיי
gey		 גייע
geye		 גייס
geys		 גייע
geye		 גייע
geye
accusative גייען
geyen
dative גייען
geyen		 גייער
geyer
Derived terms

References
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “gay”, in Comprehensive English–Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press
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