גומי
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Hebrew[edit]
Noun[edit]
גּוּמִי • (gúmi) m
References[edit]
- “גומי” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading[edit]
גומי on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi). Compare German Gummi. Doublet of גומע (gume).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
גומי • (gumi) m or f, plural גומיס (gumis), diminutive גומקע (gumke)
- (uncountable) rubber, gum (substance)
- (countable) eraser
- Synonym: ראַדיר־גומי (radir-gumi)
- (countable) tyre (of a car or bicycle)
- Synonym: ראַדיר־גומי (radir-gumi)
Usage notes[edit]
- Only the first sense is attested in the CYED and CEYD, which treat the word as basically a variant of גומע (gume).
- Feminine according to the JNW; masculine according to the CEYD.
Derived terms[edit]
- קײַגומי (kaygumi)
- גומי־אַראַביק (gumi-arabik)
- גומיבוים (gumiboym)
- גומילאַסטיק (gumilastik)
- ראַדיר־גומי (radir-gumi)
- שוימגומי (shoymgumi, “foam rubber”)
References[edit]
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “גומי”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “גומי” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “rubber”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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