נשמה

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־שׁ־ם (n-sh-m)

From the root נ־שׁ־ם

Pronunciation 1

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Noun

נְשָׁמָה (n'shamáf (plural indefinite נְשָׁמוֹת, singular construct נִשְׁמַת־, plural construct נִשְׁמוֹת־)

  1. (biblical) breath
  2. soul, spirit
  3. (flowery) essence, gist
  4. (colloquial, chiefly Sephardic) darling
    כפרה עלייך נשמה שלי!
    kapára aláyikh n'shamá shelí!
    Bless your soul, my darling!
Declension

Pronunciation 2

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Verb

נָשְׁמָה (nash'má)

  1. third-person feminine singular past (suffix conjugation) of נשם (nasham)

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Yiddish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew נְשָׁמָה.

Noun

נשמה (neshomef, plural נשמות (neshomes)

  1. soul

Derived terms