lemaise

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Definitions

  • conj. “Clausal introduction implying insight or knowledge: THE FACT IS THAT.” (Weiser)

  • adv. In reality; practically speaking.

  • adv. “Actually: COME TO THINK OF IT.” (Weiser)

  • adj. Practical.

  • v. ('To come lemaise') To materialize.

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Example Sentences

  • “Lemaise, you're wrong. You can talk till you're blue in the face, but, lemaise, you're wrong.” (Weiser)

  • “I don't need to hear your whole cheshbon. Lemaise, are you coming with us or not?” (Weiser)

  • “Lemaise, now that I hear your cheshbon, I think you're right.” (Weiser)

  • “A wild tie like that just isn't lemaise for yeshiva.” (Weiser)

  • “The shiduch was a good idea, but it just never came lemaise.” (Weiser)

  • "I’m by no way endorsing listening to goyishe music as I know the sefarim hakedoshim bring down how it can be metameh a neshama, but l’maise the type of music I’m talking about doesn’t seem to have any alternative in the frum world which is something I personally struggle with and I don’t know the answer to." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • למעשה 'in fact, actually'

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      lemeise, to come lemaise, to come lemeise, l'maise, l'meise, to come l'maise, to come l'meise, l'maisa, lmaisa, lemaisa

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