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).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

      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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