גיי

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English gay.

Noun

גיי • (gey)

1. gay, homosexual
2. gay person

Etymology 2

Noun

גיי / גַּי • (gay) m (singular construct גֵּי־)

1. alternative form of גַּיְא (gay, “valley, gorge, ravine”)

Yiddish

Etymology 1

Inflection of גיין (geyn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛɪ̯/
• (Mideastern) 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

• גייבאַר (geybar)

See also

• געי

References

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