גּוֹיִשׁ
govish
Everyday HebrewFormsגּוֹיִית / גּוֹיִשִׁים / גּוֹיִשׁוֹת
MeaningDescribes something that is like what non-Jewish people do, have, or are like.
HistoryThis word comes from Yiddish. It is made of two parts. The first part is "goy", a Hebrew word from the Bible that means "nation". In Yiddish, it came to mean a person who is not Jewish. The second part is "-ish", an ending from German that means "like". So, "goyish" means "like a non-Jew".
Example
לשים עץ אשוח בסלון זה מנהג גוייש.
Putting a fir tree in the living room is a non-Jewish custom.
