נחת

Aramaic

Verb

נחת • (transliteration needed)

1. to descend

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
נ־ח־ת (n-kh-t)

Noun

נָחֵת • (nakhét) m (plural indefinite נְחֵתִים, singular construct נְחֵת־, plural construct נְחֵתֵי־)

1. (music) A flat, a flat sign.
2. (נְחֵת־, n'khét-) singular construct state form of נָחֵת‎.

Noun

נֶחָת • (nekhát) m (plural indefinite נֶחָתִים, singular construct נַחַת־, plural construct נֶחָתֵי־) [pattern: קַטָּל]

1. A marine, such as a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
2. (נַחַת־, nakhát) singular construct state form of נֶחָת‎.

Verb

נָחַת • (nakhát) (pa'al construction)

1. (of an aircraft, or its passengers or cargo) To land.

Etymology 2

Root
נ־ו־ח (n-w-kh)

Noun

נַחַת • (nákhat) f (no plural forms, singular construct נַחַת־)

1. Relaxation, rest; comfort, peace.
   • Tanach, Ecclesiastes 6:5:

     גַּם־שֶׁמֶשׁ לֹא־רָאָה וְלֹא יָדָע נַחַת לָזֶה מִזֶּה׃

     gám-shémesh ló-ra'á v'ló yadá nákhat lazé mizé.

     Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [any thing]: this hath more rest than the other.

Derived terms

• בְּנַחַת (b'nákhat)
• נַחַת רוּחַ (nákhat rúakh)

Descendants

• → Yiddish: נחת (nakhes)

References

• “נחת” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 845.

Further reading

• נחת on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew נחת (nákhat). The development of the first vowel is irregular, perhaps borrowed at a later date than most of the Hebrew component in Yiddish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaχəs/

Noun

נחת • (nakhes) m or n (uncountable)

1. pleasure, satisfaction (especially the pleasure that a parent derives from a child)

   שעפּן נחת ― shepn nakhes ― to derive pleasure