Hebrew

Noun

נֵס • ‎(nés) m ‎(plural indefinite ניסים \ נִסִּים, singular construct נֵס־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

1. a miracle
   • 1936 December 10, “אנו נושאים לפידים ‎('ánu nos'ím lapidím, “We carry torches”)”, performed by Aaron Zeev:

     נֵס לֹא קָרָה לָנוּ – \ פַּךְ שֶׁמֶן לֹא מָצָאנוּ.‎

     nés ló kará lánu – / pákh shémen ló matsánu.

     A miracle did not happen to us – / we did not find a flask of oil.

Declension

Etymology 2

Cognate with Aramaic נִסָּא ‎(nisa); compare the root נ־ס־ס ‎(n-s-s); perhaps related to the root נ־שׂ־א ‎(n-ś-').

Noun

נֵס • ‎(nes) m ‎(plural indefinite נִסִּים, singular construct נֵס־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

1. A flag, standard, banner.
2. A staff, pole, flagpole.
3. (modern) A banner, pennant.

Etymology 3

From the root נ־ו־ס ‎(n-w-s), נ־ס ‎(n-s).

Verb

נָס • ‎(nas) ‎(pa'al construction)

1. (He/It) fled.
2. Masculine singular present participle and present tense of נס ‎(nas).

Etymology 4

Contraction of נֵס קָפֶה ‎(“Nescafé”), from the brand of the Swiss company Nestlé, a blend of the company's name and café ‎(“coffee”). Compare with Greek νες ‎(nes).

Noun

נֵס • ‎(nes) m ‎(no construct forms)

1. (informal) an instant coffee

References

• “נס” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ ‎(ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), ISBN 965-17-0084-X.

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew נס ‎(nes).

Noun

נס • ‎(nes) m, plural נסים ‎(nisim)

1. miracle