ניגון

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Hebrew

Root
נ־ג־ן (n-g-n)

Noun

ניגון / נִגּוּן (nigúnm (plural indefinite ניגונים / נִגּוּנִים, plural construct ניגוני / נִגּוּנֵי־)

  1. a melody, a tune
    • 1938, Nathan Alterman, Still the Tune Returns 1–2:
      עוד חוזר הניגון שזנחת לשווא \ והדרך עודנה נפקחת לאורך
      'od khozér hanigún shezanákhta lasháv / vehadérekh 'odéna nifkákhat la'órekh
      Still the tune returns, which you abandoned in vain / and the way still opens throughout
  2. the act of playing music

Declension

Derived terms

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew ניגון (nigún).

Noun

ניגון (nignm, plural ניגונים (nigunem), diminutive ניגונדל (nigndl)

  1. melody; tune