נְחִיר
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. nostril (either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages)
2. orifice, nozzle, jet
Pronunciation
n'khír
Examples2
כַּאֲשֶׁר הַנְּחִיר הַשְּׂמָאלִי שֶׁלִּי סָתוּם, אֲנִי נוֹשֵׁם מִן הַנְּחִיר הַיְּמָנִי.
When my left nostril is blocked, I breathe through my right nostril.
יֵשׁ לִי חצ'קון עַל הַפָּנִים. יֵשׁ גּוּשׁ מַכְאִיב בנְחִיר אֶחָד מֵאָחוֹר.
I have a facial boil. There's a painful lump at the back of one nostril.