נ־ס־ה

Hebrew

Etymology

Cognate to Aramaic נַסִּי, Classical Syriac ܢܲܣܼܝ (nassī, “to try”) and to Ge'ez መንሱት (mänsut, “temptation”, among other senses). Doubtfully related to Ugaritic 𐎐𐎒𐎊 (nsy, “to remove”). Apparently not related to Arabic ن س ي (n-s-y, root relating to forgetting).

Root

נ־ס־ה • (n-s-h)

1. Forming words relating to trial.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root נ־ס־ה‎ (0 c, 9 e)

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Pi'el: ניסה / נִסָּה (nisá, “to try”)
  • Verbal noun: ניסוי / נִסּוּי (nisúi, “test, experimentation”)
    • Derived noun: ניסויי / נִסּוּיִי (nisuyí, “experimental”)
• Pu'al: נוסה / נֻסָּה (nusá, “to be tried”)
  • Participle: מנוסה / מְנֻסֶּה (menusé, “experienced”)
• Hitpa'el: הִתְנַסָּה (hitnasá, “to be experienced”)
  • Verbal noun: הִתְנַסּוּת (hitnasút, “experience”)
• Nitpa'el: נִתְנַסָּה (hitnasá, “to be experienced”)

Nouns and adjectives

• מַסָּה (masá, “test”)
• ניסיון / נִסָּיוֹן (nisayón, “trial; temptation; experiment”)
  • ניסיוני / נִסְיוֹנִי (nisyoní, “experimental”)

References

• A. Murtonen (1989) “NSV”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 283
• Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 272
• “נ־ס־ה”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com