gedolim

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Pronunciations

gedolim (geh-DOH-lim) listen
gedolim (gdoh-LEEM) listen
gedoilim (geh-DOY-lihm) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Important, influential people, especially renowned rabbis.

  • n. Feces or excrement.

Example Sentences

  • "Did you make k'tanim or gedoilim?"

  • "I'm sure that Chazal and all our current and past Gedolim ,Masgichim and Rebeim have summed this idea up before much more succinctly but i hope you get the message from this quote, and i hope its Emes as well!" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Heb גדולים gedolím, Yiddish/Ashkenazi Heb גדולים gdóylim (plural of גדול gadól/gódl 'big')

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      gedoilim, gedoylim, g'doylim, g'dolim

Notes

  • singular: 'gadol' or 'godol'


    The "feces" definition comes from Yiddish, in which "(nekovim) ketanim" (lit. small holes) refers to urine and "(nekovim) gedoylim" (lit. large holes) refers to feces, based on the blessing said after using the toilet.

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