גולם

Hebrew

Root
ג־ל־ם (g-l-m)
2 terms

Noun

גולם / גֹּלֶם • (gólem) m (plural indefinite גְּלָמִים, plural construct גׇּלְמֵי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

an inchoate object, an amorphous mass
a dummy, a form
(mythology, Jewish folklore) a golem, a clay automaton
(entomology) pupa
(colloquial) a fool, a clod, an oaf, an awkward person

Descendants

→ English: golem
→ Czech: golem
→ German: Golem
→ Spanish: gólem
→ Hungarian: gólem
→ Dutch: golem
→ Polish: golem
→ Russian: голем (golem)
→ Yiddish: גולם (goylem)

References

“גולם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

גולם on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

מוגל

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

Pronunciation

(YIVO, Poylish, Ukrainish) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔɪ̯ləm/
(Northeastern) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪ̯ləm/

Noun

גולם • (goylem) m, plural גולמס (goylems) or גולמים (goylomem)

(mythology, folklore) golem
(derogatory) fool, idiot, dummy
Synonym: טיפּש (tipesh)

Derived terms

דער עולם איז אַ גולם (der oylem iz a goylem)