נושא

Hebrew

Root
נ־שׂ־א (n-s-ʾ)
20 terms

Pronunciation

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Noun

נוֹשֵׂא • (nosém (plural indefinite נוֹשְׂאִים)

  1. A subject, a topic, an issue: that which is under discussion, or which is being handled.
    העלנו את הנושא לדיוןWe brought up the subject for discussion
  2. (grammar) subject (the noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made)

Declension

Declension of נוֹשֵׂא
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite נוֹשֵׂא first נוֹשְׂאִי נוֹשְׂאֵנוּ
definite הַנּוֹשֵׂא second נוֹשַׂאֲךָ נוֹשְׂאֵךְ נוֹשְׂאֲכֶם נוֹשְׂאֲכֶן
construct נוֹשֵׂא־ third נוֹשְׂאוֹ נוֹשְׂאָהּ נוֹשְׂאָם נוֹשְׂאָן
plural indefinite נוֹשְׂאִים first נושאיי / נוֹשְׂאַי נוֹשְׂאֵינוּ
definite הַנּוֹשְׂאִים second נוֹשְׂאֶיךָ נושאייך / נוֹשְׂאַיִךְ נוֹשְׂאֵיכֶם נוֹשְׂאֵיכֶן
construct נוֹשְׂאֵי־ third נוֹשְׂאָיו נוֹשְׂאֶיהָ נוֹשְׂאֵיהֶם נוֹשְׂאֵיהֶן

Verb

נוֹשֵׂא • (nosé)

  1. Masculine singular present participle and present tense of נָשָׂא (nasá).

References

  • נושא” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • "נושא" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Anagrams

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Etymology

From Aramaic נַפְשָׁא (nap̄šā) through an intermediate form *nawšā, from Proto-Semitic *napš-.

Noun

נושא (nōšaf

  1. self

Synonyms