נשמה

Hebrew

FWOTD – 28 January 2017

Etymology

Root
נ־שׁ־ם‎

From the root נ־שׁ־ם‎

Pronunciation 1

Noun

נְשָׁמָה • (n'shamá) f (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
Declension of נְשָׁמָה
Number Isolated forms With possessive pronouns
State Form Person singular plural
m. f. m. f.
singular indefinite נְשָׁמָה first נִשְׁמָתִי‎ נִשְׁמָתֵנוּ‎
definite הַנְּשָׁמָה‎ second נִשְׁמָתְךָ‎ נִשְׁמָתֵךְ‎ נִשְׁמַתְכֶם‎ נִשְׁמַתְכֶן‎
construct נִשְׁמַת־‎ third נִשְׁמָתוֹ‎ נִשְׁמָתָהּ‎ נִשְׁמָתָם‎ נִשְׁמָתָן‎
plural indefinite נְשָׁמוֹת‎ first נשמותיי \ נִשְׁמוֹתַי‎ נִשְׁמוֹתֵינוּ‎
definite הַנְּשָׁמוֹת‎ second נִשְׁמוֹתֶיךָ‎ נשמותייך \ נִשְׁמוֹתַיִךְ‎ נִשְׁמוֹתֵיכֶם‎ נִשְׁמוֹתֵיכֶן‎
construct נִשְׁמוֹת־‎ third נִשְׁמוֹתָיו‎ נִשְׁמוֹתֶיהָ‎ נִשְׁמוֹתֵיהֶם‎ נִשְׁמוֹתֵיהֶן‎

Pronunciation 2

Verb

נָשְׁמָה • (nash'má)

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

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew נְשָׁמָה‎.

Noun

נשמה • (neshome) f, plural נשמות‎ (neshomes)

  1. soul

Derived terms

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