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shabes-goy

shabes-goy is the alternative spelling of shabbos goy.

Meaning of shabbos goy

Noun

shabbos goy (plural shabbos goys or shabbos goyim)

  1. A gentile who performs certain acts which are forbidden to observant Jews on 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. (derogatory, offensive, white supremacy) A gentile who holds philo-Semitic views, and is perceived as being subservient to Jewish people.

Noun (1) capitalized: Shabes-Goy

Shabes-Goy (plural Shabes-Goys)

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of shabbos goy.

Noun (2) capitalized: Shabes-goy

Shabes-goy (plural Shabes-goys)

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of shabbos goy.

Forms of shabes-goy

pluralshabes-goys
pluralShabes-Goys
pluralShabes-goys

Questions about shabes-goy

What is shabes-goy the alternative spelling of?
Shabes-goy is the alternative spelling of shabbos goy.
What part of speech is shabes-goy?
Shabes-goy is a noun.
What is the plural of shabes-goy?
The plural of shabes-goy is shabes-goys.

Words near shabes-goy in the dictionary

  1. shabeen
  2. shabeens
  3. shabeh
  4. shabes goy
  5. shabes goys
  6. shabes-goy
  7. shabes-goys
  8. shabiha
  9. shabihas
  10. shability
  11. shabiya

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shabes-goy (page history and authors); Shabes-Goy (page history and authors); Shabes-goy (page history and authors); shabbos goy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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