מחיה

Hebrew

Verb

מְחַיֶּה • (meḥayé)

1. Masculine singular present participle and present tense of הֶחֱיָה (heḥeyá).

מְחַיָּה • (meḥayá)

1. Feminine singular present participle and present tense of הֶחֱיָה (heḥeyá).

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• מעכײַע (mekhaye) — Soviet phonetic spelling

Etymology

From Hebrew מְחַיֶּה (meḥayéh, “he revives”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈχaɪ̯ə/

Noun

מחיה • (mekháye) n

1. 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!

2. resurrection