mashpia
Pronunciations
mashpia | (mosh-PEE-ah) | listen |
Definitions
n. A spiritual mentor.
v. ('to be mashpie on') To influence.
Example Sentences
"I asked my mashpiah what I should do about yeshivah next year. The deadline to apply is pretty soon."
"The musar talks were mashpia on him to deal with his peers better." (Weiser)
"The weather was mashpia on the day's schedule of events." (Weiser)
"I think that new bochur was mashpia on everyone to start talking during class." (Weiser)
"The older bochur was mashpia on my brother to learn more." (Weiser)
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Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
משפיע mashpia 'one who influences; influencing' > Y משפּיע זײַן mashpie zayn, lit. 'to be mashpia (to have an effect)'
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
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- 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).
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Alternative Spellings
mashpiah, mashpieh, mashpie
Notes
See also mushpa.
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