לא נורא

[Ali Smith]

Shalom, I know נורא is used as an intensifier, e.g. אני נורא צמא means “I’m very thirsty.”
What about לא נורא? For example,

חיכיתם לנו הרבה?
לא נורא.

תודה חמה!

 

[Abaye]

לא נורא לכתוב "תודה חמה" אבל נהוג "תודה רבה".

 

[Drink]

Shalom, I know נורא is used as an intensifier, e.g. אני נורא צמא means “I’m very thirsty.”
What about לא נורא? For example,

חיכיתם לנו הרבה?
לא נורא.

תודה חמה!

It means basically "don't worry/no worries/no big deal".

 

[Ali Smith]

So, is it synonymous with לא חשוב (It doesn't matter.)?

 

[Drink]

Not exactly. לא נורא means more like "nothing to worry about".

 

[Ali Smith]

Thanks! Is the second word in לא נורא the participle from a verb from the nif'il binyan? If so, לא נורא seems to mean literally '...is not being feared'.

 

[Drink]

Yes, it's the nif'al participle. It's meaning, however, is fearsome/terrifying/awesome/wondrous.