to be mamshich
Definitions
v. To resume, continue.
Example Sentences
“I have to run now, but we can be mamshichi this conversation later.” (Weiser)
"How some people say that they believe in Hashgocha pratis and the Aibishter and His brochos, yet bpoel mamosh they sit around and do absolutely nothing to be mamshich any of it?" (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Y ממשיך זײַן mamshekh zayn
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
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Alternative Spellings
to be mamshikh, to be mamsheech, to be mamsheekh
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