Hebrew

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Root
נ־שׂ־א (n-s-ʾ)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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) A subject: the subject of a verb or of a clause.

Verb

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נוֹשֵׂא (nosé)

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

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Etymology

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

Noun

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נושא (nōšaf

  1. self

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