mechaye
Pronunciations
mechaye | (muh-KHYE-uh) | listen |
Definitions
n. Pleasure, enjoyment.
n. Something pleasurable.
Example Sentences
"To hear you sing--such a mechaye." (young Reform cantor in Manhattan)
"It's such a mechaye to see you again."
"Thank goodness you have air conditioning in your car. What a mechaye!" (Glinert)
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
Y מחיה mekháye 'delight, pleasure' from TH מחיה '(something that) vitalizes, rejuvenates'
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
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Alternative Spellings
mekhaya, m'khaye, mechaya, machaya, mechayeh, mekhayeh, mekhayeh
Notes
Usually said with the article "a" (i.e., a mechaye), as in Yiddish.
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