نسخ

See also: نسح

Arabic

Etymology 1

Of the root ن س خ (n-s-ḵ), from Aramaic 𐡍𐡎𐡇 (nsḥ) / נְסַח (nsaḥ, “to take away, to draw off, to eliminate”) related to the Arabic root ن ز ع (n-z-ʕ).

Pronunciation

• (verb): IPA^(key): /na.sa.xa/

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• (noun): IPA^(key): /nasx/

Verb

نَسَخَ • (nasaḵa) I (non-past يَنْسَخُ (yansaḵu), verbal noun نَسْخ (nasḵ))

1. to transcribe, to copy
2. (computing) to copy
3. to abolish
4. to delete
5. to abrogate, to invalidate
6. to repeal, to revoke, to withdraw
7. to cancel
8. to substitute, to replace

Conjugation

    Conjugation of نَسَخَ (I, sound, a ~ a, full passive, verbal noun نَسْخ)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						نَسْخ nasḵ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						نَاسِخ nāsiḵ
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَنْسُوخ mansūḵ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	نَسَخْتُ nasaḵtu	نَسَخْتَ nasaḵta	نَسَخَ nasaḵa		نَسَخْتُمَا nasaḵtumā	نَسَخَا nasaḵā		نَسَخْنَا nasaḵnā	نَسَخْتُمْ nasaḵtum	نَسَخُوا nasaḵū
	f		نَسَخْتِ nasaḵti	نَسَخَتْ nasaḵat			نَسَخَتَا nasaḵatā			نَسَخْتُنَّ nasaḵtunna	نَسَخْنَ nasaḵna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَنْسَخُ ʔansaḵu	تَنْسَخُ tansaḵu	يَنْسَخُ yansaḵu		تَنْسَخَانِ tansaḵāni	يَنْسَخَانِ yansaḵāni		نَنْسَخُ nansaḵu	تَنْسَخُونَ tansaḵūna	يَنْسَخُونَ yansaḵūna
	f		تَنْسَخِينَ tansaḵīna	تَنْسَخُ tansaḵu			تَنْسَخَانِ tansaḵāni			تَنْسَخْنَ tansaḵna	يَنْسَخْنَ yansaḵna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَنْسَخَ ʔansaḵa	تَنْسَخَ tansaḵa	يَنْسَخَ yansaḵa		تَنْسَخَا tansaḵā	يَنْسَخَا yansaḵā		نَنْسَخَ nansaḵa	تَنْسَخُوا tansaḵū	يَنْسَخُوا yansaḵū
	f		تَنْسَخِي tansaḵī	تَنْسَخَ tansaḵa			تَنْسَخَا tansaḵā			تَنْسَخْنَ tansaḵna	يَنْسَخْنَ yansaḵna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَنْسَخْ ʔansaḵ	تَنْسَخْ tansaḵ	يَنْسَخْ yansaḵ		تَنْسَخَا tansaḵā	يَنْسَخَا yansaḵā		نَنْسَخْ nansaḵ	تَنْسَخُوا tansaḵū	يَنْسَخُوا yansaḵū
	f		تَنْسَخِي tansaḵī	تَنْسَخْ tansaḵ			تَنْسَخَا tansaḵā			تَنْسَخْنَ tansaḵna	يَنْسَخْنَ yansaḵna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِنْسَخْ insaḵ			اِنْسَخَا insaḵā				اِنْسَخُوا insaḵū
	f		اِنْسَخِي insaḵī							اِنْسَخْنَ insaḵna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	نُسِخْتُ nusiḵtu	نُسِخْتَ nusiḵta	نُسِخَ nusiḵa		نُسِخْتُمَا nusiḵtumā	نُسِخَا nusiḵā		نُسِخْنَا nusiḵnā	نُسِخْتُمْ nusiḵtum	نُسِخُوا nusiḵū
	f		نُسِخْتِ nusiḵti	نُسِخَتْ nusiḵat			نُسِخَتَا nusiḵatā			نُسِخْتُنَّ nusiḵtunna	نُسِخْنَ nusiḵna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُنْسَخُ ʔunsaḵu	تُنْسَخُ tunsaḵu	يُنْسَخُ yunsaḵu		تُنْسَخَانِ tunsaḵāni	يُنْسَخَانِ yunsaḵāni		نُنْسَخُ nunsaḵu	تُنْسَخُونَ tunsaḵūna	يُنْسَخُونَ yunsaḵūna
	f		تُنْسَخِينَ tunsaḵīna	تُنْسَخُ tunsaḵu			تُنْسَخَانِ tunsaḵāni			تُنْسَخْنَ tunsaḵna	يُنْسَخْنَ yunsaḵna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُنْسَخَ ʔunsaḵa	تُنْسَخَ tunsaḵa	يُنْسَخَ yunsaḵa		تُنْسَخَا tunsaḵā	يُنْسَخَا yunsaḵā		نُنْسَخَ nunsaḵa	تُنْسَخُوا tunsaḵū	يُنْسَخُوا yunsaḵū
	f		تُنْسَخِي tunsaḵī	تُنْسَخَ tunsaḵa			تُنْسَخَا tunsaḵā			تُنْسَخْنَ tunsaḵna	يُنْسَخْنَ yunsaḵna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُنْسَخْ ʔunsaḵ	تُنْسَخْ tunsaḵ	يُنْسَخْ yunsaḵ		تُنْسَخَا tunsaḵā	يُنْسَخَا yunsaḵā		نُنْسَخْ nunsaḵ	تُنْسَخُوا tunsaḵū	يُنْسَخُوا yunsaḵū
	f		تُنْسَخِي tunsaḵī	تُنْسَخْ tunsaḵ			تُنْسَخَا tunsaḵā			تُنْسَخْنَ tunsaḵna	يُنْسَخْنَ yunsaḵna

Noun

نَسْخ • (nasḵ) m

1. verbal noun of نَسَخَ (nasaḵa) (form I)
2. abolition, abolishment, abrogation, cancellation, invalidation
3. copying, transcription
4. Naskh, a cursive style of Arabic calligraphy or font, the one most popular for and characteristic of the Arabic language itself.

Declension

Declension of noun نَسْخ (nasḵ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَسْخ nasḵ	النَّسْخ an-nasḵ	نَسْخ nasḵ
Nominative	نَسْخٌ nasḵun	النَّسْخُ an-nasḵu	نَسْخُ nasḵu
Accusative	نَسْخًا nasḵan	النَّسْخَ an-nasḵa	نَسْخَ nasḵa
Genitive	نَسْخٍ nasḵin	النَّسْخِ an-nasḵi	نَسْخِ nasḵi

Related terms

• إِسْتِنْساخ (ʔistinsāḵ)
• مَنْسُوخ (mansūḵ)
• نَسَّاخ (nassāḵ)
• نَسْخِيّ (nasḵiyy, “clerical, Naskhi (script)”)
• نُسْخَة (nusḵa)
• نَسْتَعْلِيق (nastaʕlīq)

Etymology 2

Noun

نُسَخ • (nusaḵ) f pl

1. plural of نُسْخَة (nusḵa)

References

• “nsḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 1258–1259
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “نسخ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 272
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “نسخ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2788–2789
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “نسخ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1128
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 29

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nasx]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näsx]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näsx]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näsx]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näsx]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næsx]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näsχ]

Readings
Classical reading?	nasx
Dari reading?	nasx
Iranian reading?	nasx
Tajik reading?	nasx

Noun

Dari	نسخ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	насх

نسخ • (nasx)

1. abolition
2. annulment
3. recantation
4. (calligraphy) Naskh (style of calligraphy)

Derived terms

• نستعلیق (nasta'liq)

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nəsx/

Noun

نسخ • (nasx) f

1. abolition
2. annulment
3. recantation