tna'im
tna'im noun: an informal document containing the terms and expectations for a betrothed couple.
Noun
tna'im pl (plural only)
- An informal document containing the terms and expectations for a betrothed couple.
- The tna'im contained guarantees of sufficient substance that the couple's future might now be seen as entirely settled.2000 February 1, Jacob Katz, Tradition and Crisis: Jewish Society at the End of the Middle Ages, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 115
- Small-town rabbis, therefore, sometimes lived in conditions of poverty, despite their right to supplement their income with payments for drawing up tnaim (for engaged couples) and marriage contracts...2000, Dov Levin, The Litvaks: A Short History of the Jews in Lithuania, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 59
Forms of tna'im
| alternative form | tanaim |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tenaim |
| alternative form | tnaim |
| alternative form | tnoyim |
Origin of tna'im
Borrowed from Hebrew תְּנָאִים, plural of תְּנַאי (“condition, term”).
Questions about tna'im
- What does tna'im mean?
- Tna'im means an informal document containing the terms and expectations for a betrothed couple.
- What part of speech is tna'im?
- Tna'im is a noun.
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