gayve
Definitions
n. Pride; arrogance; obnoxiousness.
Example Sentences
"You've become a real bal gayve since getting your PhD!"
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
גאווה
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
ge'ava, ge'avah, ge'a'vah
Notes
"Bal gayve" (בעל־גאווה) is a haughty person, somebody who possesses a lot of gayve.
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