to be goires

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Pronunciations

to be goires (GUY-ress) listen

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Definitions

  • v. To propose an interpretation (of a text).

  • v. To accept.

Example Sentences

  • "When I see a difficult Tosfos, I'm goires the words 'ask Rebbe' into the dibur hamaschil" (Weiser)

  • "I tried to ask the Rosh Yeshiva, but he wasn't goires me." (Weiser)

  • "The only people on here who celebrate Nittel Nacht are the Chabadskers who aren’t goires the Gregorian Calendar" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish
  • English

Etymology

  • partial English calque of Yiddish גורס זײַן goyres zayn

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

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

      Alternative Spellings

      to be gores, to be goyres, to be goirais, to be goirays, to be goyrays, to be goyris

Notes

  • Usually a periphrastic verb.

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