mekhaye nefoshes

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Definitions

  • adj. Delightful.

  • adv. Delightfully.

Example Sentences

  • "A cup of tea from the boiled water in the samovar, sweetened with 3 teaspoons of Punch, warms a little your heart 'Mechaye Nefoshes' ('a blessing for your soul')." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y מחיה־נפֿשות mekhaye-nefoshes

      • Who Uses This

      • 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).

      Alternative Spellings

      mechaye nefoshes

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