ניס

Hebrew

Etymology

Borrowed from French Nice.

Proper noun

ניס • (nis) f

  1. Nice (a coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France)

Yiddish

Etymology 1

Probably inherited from a root noun related to Middle High German niesen. Related to ניסן (nisn). Doublet of נאָס (nos).

Noun

ניס • (nis) m, plural ניסן (nisn), diminutive ניסעלע (nisele)

  1. sneeze
    Synonym: נאָס (nos)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ניס • (nis)

  1. plural of נוס (nus)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ניס • (nis)

  1. inflection of ניסן (nisn):
    1. first-person singular present
    2. second-person singular imperative
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