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نَسِيَ

to forget

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Present tense
يَنْسَى
Verbal nouns
نَسْي، نِسْيَان
Active participle
نَاسٍ
Passive participle
مَنْسِيّ

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form II
نَسَّى
to cause to forget
Noun
نِسْيَان
forgetting
Verb · Form IV
أَنْسَى
to cause to forget or neglect
Adjective
نَسِيّ
forgetting much
Adjective
نَسَّاء
forgetting much

نَسِيَ in English

Verb · Form I

  1. to forget

Word origin

From Proto-West Semitic *n-š-y. Compare Hebrew נָשָׁה (nashá, “to forget”) and Ge'ez ናሕሰየ (naḥsäyä).

Words from the root ن-س-ي

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

نَسِيَ · present يَنْسَى
Form I · The plain action

to forget

نِسْيَان
Verbal noun
forgetting
نَسْي
Verbal noun
نَسِيّ
Active participle · Adjective
forgetting much
نَاسٍ
Active participle
نَسْيَاء
Active participle
مَنْسِيّ
Passive participle · Adjective
passive participle of نَسِيَ
نَسَّاء
Derived noun · Adjective
forgetting much
نَسَّى · present يُنَسِّي
Form II · Causative or intensive

to cause to forget

تَنْسِيَة
Verbal noun
مُنَسٍّ
Active participle
مُنَسًّى
Passive participle
أَنْسَى · present يُنْسِي
Form IV · Causative

to cause to forget or neglect

إِنْسَاء
Verbal noun
مُنْسٍ
Active participle
مُنْسًى
Passive participle
تَنَاسَى · present يَتَنَاسَى
Form VI · Mutual action

to try to forget; to pretend to have forgotten

تَنَاسٍ
Verbal noun
مُتَنَاسٍ
Active participle
مُتَنَاسًى
Passive participle

نَسِيَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iنَسِيتُأَنْسَىأَنْسَىأَنْسَ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)نَسِيتَتَنْسَىتَنْسَىتَنْسَاِنْسَ
أَنْتِ you (f.)نَسِيتِتَنْسَيْنَتَنْسَيْتَنْسَيْاِنْسَيْ
هُوَ heنَسِيَيَنْسَىيَنْسَىيَنْسَ—
هِيَ sheنَسِيَتْتَنْسَىتَنْسَىتَنْسَ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoنَسِيتُمَاتَنْسَيَانِتَنْسَيَاتَنْسَيَااِنْسَيَا
هُمَا they two (m.)نَسِيَايَنْسَيَانِيَنْسَيَايَنْسَيَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)نَسِيَتَاتَنْسَيَانِتَنْسَيَاتَنْسَيَا—
نَحْنُ weنَسِينَانَنْسَىنَنْسَىنَنْسَ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)نَسِيتُمْتَنْسَوْنَتَنْسَوْاتَنْسَوْااِنْسَوْا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)نَسِيتُنَّتَنْسَيْنَتَنْسَيْنَتَنْسَيْنَاِنْسَيْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)نَسُوايَنْسَوْنَيَنْسَوْايَنْسَوْا—
هُنَّ they (f.)نَسِينَيَنْسَيْنَيَنْسَيْنَيَنْسَيْنَ—
Verbal nounنَسْي، نِسْيَان
Active participleنَاسٍ، نَسْيَاء، نَسِيّ
Passive participleمَنْسِيّ

نَسِيَ in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

وَنَسُوا أَفْعَالَهُ وَعَجَائِبَهُ الَّتِي أَرَاهُمْ.And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.Psalms 78:11, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
نَسُوا اللهَ مُخَلِّصَهُمُ، الصَّانِعَ عَظَائِمَ فِي مِصْرَ،They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;Psalms 106:21, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
أَهْلَكَتْنِي غَيْرَتِي، لأَنَّ أَعْدَائِي نَسُوا كَلاَمَكَ.My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.Psalms 119:139, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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