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oy veys

oy veys is the third-person singular simple present indicative of oy vey.

Meaning of oy vey

Verb

oy vey (third-person singular simple present oy veys, present participle oy veying, simple past and past participle oy veyed)

  1. (intransitive) To utter the phrase oy vey.
    • I suppose that’s not surprising, given the spiritual milieu in which I grew up. My mother gasped in sorrow at any news of a bombing in Israel and appropriately “oy veyed” when a Jew was accused of a crime, but she couldn’t tell you what the Shabbat blessing meant.2019 June 18, Debra Jacobs, “I Didn’t Believe in God. Then I Had Kids.”, in Kveller, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2025

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Questions about oy veys

What is oy veys the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Oy veys is the third-person singular simple present indicative of oy vey.

Words near oy veys in the dictionary

  1. oy vavoy
  2. oy vay
  3. oy vey
  4. oy veyed
  5. oy veying
  6. oy veys
  7. oy-vey
  8. oy-veyed
  9. oy-veying
  10. oy-veys
  11. Oya Shio

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