sheygets
Pronunciations
sheygets | (SHEY-gitz) | listen |
Definitions
n. "1. A non-Jewish boy. 2. An impudent youth or man. 3. An irreligious or nonobservant Jew. The term is often regarded as disparaging." (Steinmetz)
Example Sentences
"Sure, he's a sheygets, but such a nice man."
"The kid who went off the derech is such a shkutz."
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Yiddish שײגעץ sheygets, from Hebrew שקץ shekets 'abomination'; Yiddish plural שקאָצים shkotsim
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- View More
- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings
shkatz, shcutz, shkutz, shkotzim, shkotsim, shegetz, shaygetz, shaygets, shkuts, shcuts, shkats, sheigetz, sheigets, sheygetz
Notes
Plural shkotsim.
See also shiksa.
Pronunciation in Yiddish may be influenced by Judeo-French.
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