be meshadech

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Definitions

  • v. To introduce.

  • v. To be connected by marriage (with).

Example Sentences

  • “Once he was meshadech me to the computer, I could never use a typewriter again.” (Weiser)

  • "If someone doesn’t want to be meshadech with us because we have a down syndrome child, we do not want to be meshadech with them." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish
  • English

Etymology

  • partial English calque of Y משדך זײַן meshadekh zayn

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      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

      be meshadekh

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