# \*nVšVy-: 'to forget'

> Proto-Semitic *nVšVy-, 'to forget': reflexes in 12 language(s).

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## 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.

## Linked from

- [N](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/n/index.md>)

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