l'hachis

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Pronunciations

l'hachis (le-HAH-chis) listen

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Definitions

  • adv. Spitefully; deliberately; literally "in order to anger."

Example Sentences

  • "She's driving on Shabbos not because she has anywhere to go, but l'hachis."

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Heb להכעיס lehakhís 'v., to anger', Yiddish להכעיס lehákhes 'n., spite'

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      lehakhes, lehokhes, l'hakhis, lehachis

Notes

  • cf. Yiddish tsulokhes, af tsulokhes (אויף צו להעכיס af tsu lehakhes/lokhes 'in spite')

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