נדן
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| נ־ד־ן (n-d-n) |
| 2 terms |
An Old Iranian borrowing, reflected in New Persian as نیام (niyâm), see it for more cognates.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /naˈdan/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /nɔdɔn/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /naˈd̪än/
- (Syrian Hebrew) IPA(key): /naˈdan/
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /nɔˈðɔn/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /nɔːˈðɔːn/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /naːˈðaːn/
Noun
נָדָן • (nadán) m (plural indefinite נדנים, singular construct נְדַן־)
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | נָדָן | first | נְדָנִי | נְדָנֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַנָּדָן | second | נְדָנְךָ | נְדָנֵךְ | נְדַנְכֶם | נְדַנְכֶן | |
| construct | נְדַן־ | third | נְדָנוֹ | נְדָנָהּ | נְדָנָם | נְדָנָן | |
| plural | indefinite | נְדָנִים | first | נדניי / נְדָנַי | נְדָנֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַנְּדָנִים | second | נְדָנֶיךָ | נדנייך / נְדָנַיִךְ | נִדְנֵיכֶם | נִדְנֵיכֶן | |
| construct | נִדְנֵי־ | third | נְדָנָיו | נְדָנֶיהָ | נִדְנֵיהֶם | נִדְנֵיהֶן | |
References
- “נדן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- "נדן" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- נדן on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Yiddish
Etymology
From Talmudic-Aramaic נדוניא (“dowry”).
Noun
נדן • (nadn) m, plural נדנס (nadns)