גאון

See also: גאָון

Aramaic

Noun

גָּאוֹן • (transliteration needed) ?

  1. majesty, pride

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ג־א־ה (g-ʾ-h)

Related to גאווה (ga'avá, “pride”), גאות (ge'út, “majesty”), and גאה (ge'eh, “proud”). Modern usage is phono-semantic matching of English genius.

Noun

גָּאוֹן • (ga'ón) m (plural indefinite גְּאוֹנִים, singular construct גְּאוֹן־, plural construct גְּאוֹנֵי־, feminine counterpart גְּאוֹנָה)

  1. (biblical) pride
    • Tanach, Proverbs 16:18, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      לִפְנֵי־שֶׁבֶר גָּאוֹן וְלִפְנֵי כִשָּׁלוֹן גֹּבַהּ רוּחַ׃
      Lifné shéver ga'ón v-lifné khishalón góvah rúaḥ.
      Pride goeth before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
  2. (religious) Gaon (a title usually given to heads of Talmudic academies in Babylon)
  3. (modern) genius
    • 2020 January 29, איתי מק, “מפגש פסגה בין העליונות הלבנה לעליונות היהודית”, in Mekomit:
      נתניהו הוא דמוקרט ושוחר שלום בדיוק כפי שטראמפ גאון יציב מאוד.
      Netanyáhu hu demokrát v-shoḥér shalóm bidyúk k-fi she-Tromp ga'ón yatziv m'od.
      Netanyahu is a democrat and peace advocate in exactly the same way that Trump is a very stable genius.

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Yiddish

Noun

גאון • (goen) m, plural גאונים (geoynim)

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of גאָון (goen).
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