See also: امشي and أمشي

Arabic

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Etymology

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From مَسَاء (masāʔ, evening). Sense of “become” resembles other verbs of similar meaning derived from different times of day; compare أَصْبَحَ (ʔaṣbaḥa), بَاتَ (bāta), أَضْحَى (ʔaḍḥā), all meaning "become."

Verb

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أَمْسَى (ʔamsā) IV (non-past يُمْسِي (yumsī), verbal noun إِمْسَاء (ʔimsāʔ))

  1. (copulative) to become
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:صار
  2. to begin the evening
  3. to spend the evening

Conjugation

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