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نَسِي
to forget /ˈna.si.ja/
verbA1#207 most common
Also: to neglect, to overlook, to leave behind unintentionally
Example sentences
نَسِيَ اسْمي.
He forgot my name.
نَسِيتُ حقيبتي في القطار.
I forgot my bag on the train.
هل نَسِيتَ موعدَنا اليوم؟
Did you forget our appointment today?
لا تَنْسَ أن تشتريَ الخبز في طريقك.
Don't forget to buy bread on your way.
يبدو أنه نَسِيَ كلَّ ما وعد به في الانتخابات الماضية.
It seems he has forgotten everything he promised in the last election.
نَسِيَ الناسُ وعودَه سريعًا، كأنها لم تُقَلْ قَطُّ.
People soon forgot his promises, as if they had never been spoken.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَنْسى | نَسِيتُ | سَأَنْسى |
| 2sg | تَنْسى | نَسِيتَ | سَتَنْسى |
| 3sg | يَنْسى | نَسِيَ | سَيَنْسى |
| 1pl | نَنْسى | نَسِينا | سَنَنْسى |
| 2pl | تَنْسَوْنَ | نَسِيتُمْ | سَتَنْسَوْنَ |
| 3pl | يَنْسَوْنَ | نَسُوا | سَيَنْسَوْنَ |
Word family
نِسْيان (nisyān)forgetfulness, oblivion
مَنْسِيّ (mansiyy)forgotten
ناسٍ (nāsin)forgetful, one who forgets
أَنْسى (ʾansā)to make someone forget
تَناسى (tanāsā)to pretend to forget, to ignore on purpose
Etymology
نَسِي comes from the Semitic root n-s-y, which carries the sense of forgetting. The same root appears across the Semitic family. Hebrew uses נָשָׁה for the act of forgetting, and the biblical name Manasseh draws on it.
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