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/

  • Audio:

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• (noun): IPA^(key): /nasx/

Verb

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

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

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Persian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [næsx], [næːsx]

Noun

نسخ • (nasx)

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

Derived terms

• نستعلیق (nasta'liq)

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Urdu

Noun

نسخ • (nasx) f

1. abolition
2. annulment
3. recantation