*nVšVy-: 'to forget'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*nVšVy-
Meaning	'to forget'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	nāšâ (HALOT 728); mǝnašše (HALOT 603)	HALOT 728; HALOT 603	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	nšy (HALOT 728)	HALOT 728	gloss withheld
Arabic	nasiya (HALOT 728)	HALOT 728	gloss withheld
Phoenician	nšy (B 363)	B 363	gloss withheld
Geez	nāḥsaya (LGz. 395)	LGz. 395	gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian	ns₁y-m (LGz. 395); ns₁y (LGz. 403); Qat. ns1ym (Ricks 1982 s.v. ns1ym)	LGz. 395; LGz. 403; Ricks 1982 s.v. ns1ym	gloss withheld
Soqotri	neše (LGz. 395)	LGz. 395
Syrian Aramaic	nəšā (LGz. 395)	LGz. 395
Mandaic Aramaic	nša (LGz. 395)	LGz. 395
Tigrinya	ʾanaḥsäyä (LGz. 395)	LGz. 395	gloss withheld
Mehri	nehū (LGz. 403)	LGz. 403
Jibbali	nše (LGz. 403)	LGz. 403

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

Notes

HALOT 603 lists Manasseh under this verb, after Gen 41:51 'God has made me forget' (naššanî). HALOT 729 II נשׁה 'lend on interest' is only a cross-reference. Akkadian mašû 'to forget' (CAD M/1 397) has m for *n.

Updated 22 October 2026

*nVšVy-: 'to forget'

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