Definitions

  • n. Miracles and wonders.

Example Sentences

  • "Nissim v'niflaos!! Have any amazing stories about miracles that happened during the hurricane?" (source)

Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y נסים־ונפֿלאָות nisim-venifloes

    • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      nisim venifloas, nissim venifloas, nissim venifloes, nissim v'nifloes, nissim v'nifloas, nisim v'nifloas, nisim v'nifloes, nisim vnifloes, nisim vnifloas, nissim vnifloas, nissim vnifloes

Notes

  • See also nes.

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