Goyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Goy
• goi, Goi

語源

Borrowed from Yiddish גוי (goy, “gentile”), from Hebrew גּוֹי (goy, “nation”).

Compare Exodus 19:6: מַמְלֶכֶת כֹּהֲנִים וְגֹוי קָדֹושׁ (mamleḵeṯ kohănīm wəḡōy qāḏōš, “ […] a kingdom of priests and a holy nation”) (referring to the Jewish people). The word goy does not technically refer 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.

発音

• IPA: /ɡɔɪ/
• 韻: -ɔɪ

名詞

goy (plural goyim or goys or goyem or goyin)

1. (sometimes offensive) A non-Jew, a gentile.

   Synonyms: gentile, non-Jew, (pejorative) akum, (pejorative) shegetz, (pejorative) shkotz

   Hyponym: (female) shiksa

   • 1988, Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron:

     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.

使用する際の注意点

• 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.
• The plural goyim is occasionally misinterpreted as a singular form by people unfamiliar with Hebrew, yielding redundant plural forms such as goyims.

派生語

アナグラム

• ygo