נישה

Hebrew

פסל בתוך נישה ― a statue inside a niche

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from French niche, from Old French niche, from nicher (“make a nest”) (modern French nicher), from Latin nīdus (“nest”).

Noun

נִישָׁה • (nísha) f (plural indefinite נִישׁוֹת, singular construct נִישַׁת־, plural construct נִישׁוֹת־)

1. a niche (cavity, hollow, or recess)
2. (by extension, ecology, economics) a niche (a position in an ecological system or market for which one is especially suited)

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