נס
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ns"
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
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נ־ס־ס (n-s-s) |
1 term |
Perhaps by extension from the “flag, staff, banner” senses below.
Noun
[edit]נֵס • (nés) m (plural indefinite ניסים / נִסִּים, singular construct נֵס־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]
- miracle
- 1936 December 10, “אנו נושאים לפידים ('ánu nos'ím lapidím, “We carry torches”)”, performed by Aaron Zeev:
- נֵס לֹא קָרָה לָנוּ – \ פַּךְ שֶׁמֶן לֹא מָצָאנוּ.
- nés ló kará lánu – / pákh shémen ló matsánu.
- A miracle did not happen to us – / we did not find a flask of oil.
Declension
[edit]Declension of נֵס
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | נֵס | first | ניסי / נִסִּי | ניסנו / נִסֵּנוּ | ||
definite | הַנֵּס | second | ניסך / נִסְּךָ | ניסך / נִסֵּךְ | ניסכם / נִסְּכֶם | ניסכן / נִסְּכֶן | |
construct | נֵס־ | third | ניסו / נִסּוֹ | ניסה / נִסָּהּ | ניסם / נִסָּם | ניסן / נִסָּן | |
plural | indefinite | ניסים / נִסִּים | first | ניסיי / נִסַּי | ניסינו / נִסֵּינוּ | ||
definite | הניסים / הַנִּסִּים | second | ניסיך / נִסֶּיךָ | ניסייך / נִסַּיִךְ | ניסיכם / נִסֵּיכֶם | ניסיכן / נִסֵּיכֶן | |
construct | ניסי־ / נִסֵּי־ | third | ניסיו / נִסָּיו | ניסיה / נִסֶּיהָ | ניסיהם / נִסֵּיהֶם | ניסיהן / נִסֵּיהֶן |
Further reading
[edit]Etymology 2
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נ־ס־ס (n-s-s) |
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Cognate with Aramaic נִסָּא (nisa). Perhaps related to נָשָׂא (nasá, “to carry”).
Noun
[edit]נֵס • (nes) m (plural indefinite נִסִּים, singular construct נֵס־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]
Etymology 3
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נ־ו־ס (n-w-s) |
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Verb
[edit]נָס • (nas) (pa'al construction)
- to flee
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of נָס (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
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finite forms | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
past | first | נַסְתִּי | נַסְנוּ | ||
second | נַסְתָּ | נַסְתְּ | נַסְתֶּם | נַסְתֶּן | |
third | נָס | נָסָה | נָסוּ | ||
present | נָס | נָסָה | נָסִים | נָסוֹת | |
future | first | אָנוּס | נָנוּס | ||
second | תָּנוּס | תָּנוּסִי | תָּנוּסוּ | תנוסנה / תָּנֹסְנָה1 | |
third | יָנוּס | תָּנוּס | יָנוּסוּ | תנוסנה / תָּנֹסְנָה1 | |
imperative | נוּס | נוּסִי | נוּסוּ | נוסנה / נֹסְנָה1 | |
notes |
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Etymology 4
[edit]Contraction of נֵס קָפֶה (“Nescafé”), from the brand of the Swiss company Nestlé, a blend of the company's name and café (“coffee”). Compare with Greek νες (nes).
Noun
[edit]נֵס • (nes) m (no construct forms)
References
[edit]- “נס” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN.
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]נס • (nes) m, plural נסים (nisim)
References
[edit]- Steven A. Jacobson (1998) A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, 5th edition, Fairbanks, AK: National Yiddish Book Center, →ISBN, page 126
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