NOT SHAYACH*!!!
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*SHAYACH
DEFINITIONS
adj. "Pertinent, relevant" (Steinmetz).
adj. "1. Capable of being true or believable: Conceivable. / 2. Capable of being done: Surmountable / 3. Practical, reasonable, or possible: Feasible." (Weiser)
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
"She redt me a random shidduch, I told her it's not shayich to me."
"It's not shayach that someone can jump over that hurdle." (Weiser).
"This puzzle is so hard, it's not shayach." (Weiser).
LANGUAGES OF ORIGIN
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*SHAYACH
DEFINITIONS
adj. "Pertinent, relevant" (Steinmetz).
adj. "1. Capable of being true or believable: Conceivable. / 2. Capable of being done: Surmountable / 3. Practical, reasonable, or possible: Feasible." (Weiser)
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
"She redt me a random shidduch, I told her it's not shayich to me."
"It's not shayach that someone can jump over that hurdle." (Weiser).
"This puzzle is so hard, it's not shayach." (Weiser).
LANGUAGES OF ORIGIN
Aramaic
Yiddish
ETYMOLOGY
From Aramaic שוך shukh, connect (Weiser); Yiddish שײך shayekh.
WHO USES THIS
Yiddish
ETYMOLOGY
From Aramaic שוך shukh, connect (Weiser); Yiddish שײך shayekh.
WHO USES THIS
Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
REGIONS
Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
REGIONS
North America
South Africa
DICTIONARIES
South Africa
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
shayich, shayech, shayakh, shayekh, shayikh, shaiach, shaiech, shaiakh, shaiekh, sheiach, sheiech, sheiakh, sheiekh
Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
ALTERNATIVE SPELLINGS
shayich, shayech, shayakh, shayekh, shayikh, shaiach, shaiech, shaiakh, shaiekh, sheiach, sheiech, sheiakh, sheiekh
