гой

From Proto-Slavic *gojь, an action noun of Bulgarian гоя́ (gojá, “to feed, to provide”).

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гой • (goj) m

1. (dialectal) feeding, feast (of livestock)

   Synonym: (standard) гое́не (goéne)

   во́дя на гой

   vódja na goj

   to lead (livestock) to feeding

• гоя́ impf (gojá), гоя́вам pf (gojávam, “to feed, to provide”)
  • го́ен (góen, “lush”)
  • гое́н (goén, “fed, saturated”) (participle)
• жир (žir, “fat”) (dialectal)
• зага́й (zagáj, “feeding spot”) (dialectal)

• “гой”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “гой”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

From Proto-Tungusic *gia, compare Evenki ге (ge), Manchu ᡤᡡᠸᠠ (gūwa).

гой (goy)

1. other

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Borrowed from Yiddish גוי (goy, “gentile”), from Hebrew גּוֹי (góy, “nation”).

гой • (goj) m anim (genitive го́я, nominative plural го́и, genitive plural го́ев, feminine го́йка)

1. Goy, gentile, non-Jew.

Inherited from Old East Slavic гои (goi), from Proto-Slavic *gojь.

гой • (goj)

1. (dated, poetic, with ты (ty)) Used as an exclamation, greeting or solemn address; original literal meaning: abundance, peaceful life.

   Гой, ты, ро́дина моя́! ― Goj, ty, ródina mojá! ― Abundance/health, (to) you, my homeland!

• гой еси́ (goj jesí)
• го́йда (gójda)

• сла́ва (sláva), also used as a benedictory interjection