shabbos goy

English

Alternative forms

• Shabbat Goy, Shabbat goy, shabbat goy
• Shabbes Goy, Shabbes goy, shabbes goy
• Shabbos Goy, Shabbos goy

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish שבת גוי (shabes goy, literally “Sabbath gentile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑbəs ˈɡɔɪ/

Noun

shabbos goy (plural shabbos goys)

1. A Gentile who performs certain acts which are forbidden to observant Jews on the Sabbath/Shabbat, such as kindling fire.

   Sometimes the family was helped on the Sabbath by a shabbos goy who would light some candles in their house.

2. (neo-Nazism, derogatory) A Gentile who opposes anti-Semitism.

Hypernyms

• (pro-Jewish Gentile): race traitor

Translations

gentile servant

• Dutch: sjabbesgoj (nl) m
• French: shabbes goy (fr) m
• German: Schabbes-Goj m
• Hebrew: גוי של שבת (he) m (goy shel shabat)
• Polish: szabes goj m, szabes-goj m, goj szabatowy m
• Yiddish: שבת גוי (yi) m (shabes goy)