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Hebrew
Verb
מְחַיֶּה • (meḥayé)
- Masculine singular present participle and present tense of הֶחֱיָה (heḥeyá).
מְחַיָּה • (meḥayá)
- Feminine singular present participle and present tense of הֶחֱיָה (heḥeyá).
Yiddish
- מעכײַע (mekhaye) — Soviet phonetic spelling
Etymology
From Hebrew מְחַיֶּה (meḥayéh, “he revives”)
Pronunciation
Noun
מחיה • (mekháye) n
- a pleasure, a joy
1947, Aaron Lebedeff (lyrics and music), “רומעניע, רומעניע [Roumania, Roumania]” (78 RPM), Broadway, NY: Banner Records, →OCLC, accompanied by Abe Ellstein and his Orchestra:אײַ, ס׳איז אַ מחיה, בעסער קען ניט זײַן!- Ay, s'iz a mekhaye, beser ken nit zayn!
- Oh, it's a pleasure, there is no better!
- resurrection