oy veyint.

Brit.

/ˌɔɪ ˈveɪ/, U.S.

/ˈˌɔɪ ˈveɪ/

Forms: 1900s– oi vai, 1900s– oi veh, 1900s– oi vei, 1900s– oi vey, 1900s– oi weh, 1900s– oi wei, 1900s– oy vai, 1900s– oy vay, 1900s– oy veh, 1900s– oy vey.

Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish oy vey.

Etymology: < Yiddish oy vey alas, woe < oy oy int.² + vey woe < Middle High German wē woe int. Compare earlier oy int.²

Esp. in Jewish usage: expressing grief, horror, or pain; ‘oh pain’, ‘oh woe’. Cf. oy int.²

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1898 in L. Thompson Youth's Compan. (1954) 364 Across the street..the other ‘motzes’—another slang word for East Side Jews—out on fire escapes..crying ‘ei wei, ei wei!’]

1914 H. Hershfield in N.Y. Evening Jrnl. 17 Feb. 15/5 I can't see a thing... Worse then a fog. Oh Vay!

1920 Cent. Mag. Nov. 73/2 The Cossack's whip swished through the air. Screaming, we scattered. The children ran out—our livelihood with them. ‘Oi weh!’ wailed my mother, clutching at her breast, ‘is there a God over us and sees all this?’

1929 I. Goller Five Bks. Mr. Moses i. vii. 62 Vhen de baby's qviet it's Oi veh! bring a doctor!

1959 B. Kops Hamlet of Stepney Green i. 12 Children, oy vay, don't talk to me about children.

1965 C. Bermant Ben Preserve Us (1967) ii. xiii. 126 She put both her hands to her ears. ‘Oi vey, don't say that!’

1988 D. Depuy & L. Heller Dare to Dream viii. 205 I ventured a comment that the heating system didn't appear to be functioning. Dave favored me with an ‘oy veh!’ and a long-suffering glance.

2000 Life Apr. 60/3 So with John Paul, people went, ‘Oy vey! Polish! Bad for us!’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oy vey
释义	oy veyint. Brit. /ˌɔɪ ˈveɪ/, U.S. /ˈˌɔɪ ˈveɪ/ Forms: 1900s– oi vai, 1900s– oi veh, 1900s– oi vei, 1900s– oi vey, 1900s– oi weh, 1900s– oi wei, 1900s– oy vai, 1900s– oy vay, 1900s– oy veh, 1900s– oy vey. Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish oy vey. Etymology: < Yiddish oy vey alas, woe < oy oy int.² + vey woe < Middle High German wē woe int. Compare earlier oy int.² Esp. in Jewish usage: expressing grief, horror, or pain; ‘oh pain’, ‘oh woe’. Cf. oy int.² ΚΠ 1898 in L. Thompson Youth's Compan. (1954) 364 Across the street..the other ‘motzes’—another slang word for East Side Jews—out on fire escapes..crying ‘ei wei, ei wei!’] 1914 H. Hershfield in N.Y. Evening Jrnl. 17 Feb. 15/5 I can't see a thing... Worse then a fog. Oh Vay! 1920 Cent. Mag. Nov. 73/2 The Cossack's whip swished through the air. Screaming, we scattered. The children ran out—our livelihood with them. ‘Oi weh!’ wailed my mother, clutching at her breast, ‘is there a God over us and sees all this?’ 1929 I. Goller Five Bks. Mr. Moses i. vii. 62 Vhen de baby's qviet it's Oi veh! bring a doctor! 1959 B. Kops Hamlet of Stepney Green i. 12 Children, oy vay, don't talk to me about children. 1965 C. Bermant Ben Preserve Us (1967) ii. xiii. 126 She put both her hands to her ears. ‘Oi vey, don't say that!’ 1988 D. Depuy & L. Heller Dare to Dream viii. 205 I ventured a comment that the heating system didn't appear to be functioning. Dave favored me with an ‘oy veh!’ and a long-suffering glance. 2000 Life Apr. 60/3 So with John Paul, people went, ‘Oy vey! Polish! Bad for us!’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.1914
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