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נחת
‘satisfaction, joy, (spiritual) pleasure’

נחת
דאָס
'satisfaction, joy, (spiritual) pleasure'

ETYMOLOGY

Vowel 13b, Proto-Yiddish ✱a
Tiberian Hebrew náḥaθ

WESTERN

nachess 'die Ruhe, Vergnügen' {Friedrich 1784: 27}
- nachess ruech 'eine Beruhigung des Gemüths, Vergnügen'

Nāches {FRANKFURT, Tendlau 1860: #521}
- Vor Nāches laaft 'm der Gawer 'runter! פֿאָר נחת לויפֿט אים דער גאַווער אַרונטער

nā́xəs {NORTHWESTERN, Katz 1982: 232}

CENTRAL

nā́xəs {Katz 1982: 232}

HASIDIC

AMERICA

VIDEO Yiddish nakhes Rosh Hashanah greeting, 2018
ˈnaxəs

NORTHEASTERN

náxəs {Katz 1982: 232}