نشاء

See also: نساء

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن ش و (n-š-w)

Clipping of نَشَاسْتَج (našāstaj), from the Middle Persian word behind Classical Persian نشاسته (nišāsta). Compare مِينَا (mīnā), مِينَاء (mīnāʔ) for the trailing variation.

Alternative forms

• نَشًا (našan)

Noun

نَشَاء • (našāʔ) m

1. starch, cornstarch, farina

Declension

Declension of noun نَشَاء (našāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَشَاء našāʔ	النَّشَاء an-našāʔ	نَشَاء našāʔ
Nominative	نَشَاءٌ našāʔun	النَّشَاءُ an-našāʔu	نَشَاءُ našāʔu
Accusative	نَشَاءً našāʔan	النَّشَاءَ an-našāʔa	نَشَاءَ našāʔa
Genitive	نَشَاءٍ našāʔin	النَّشَاءِ an-našāʔi	نَشَاءِ našāʔi

Derived terms

• نَشَوِيّ (našawiyy, nisba)
• نَشَّى (naššā, “to starch”, form II)
• تَنَشَّى (tanaššā, “to be starched”, form V)
• اِنْتَشَّى (intaššā, “to be starched”, form VIII)

Etymology 2

Root
ن ش ء (n-š-ʔ)

Noun

نَشَاء • (našāʔ) m

1. verbal noun of نَشَأَ (našaʔa) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun نَشَاء (našāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَشَاء našāʔ	النَّشَاء an-našāʔ	نَشَاء našāʔ
Nominative	نَشَاءٌ našāʔun	النَّشَاءُ an-našāʔu	نَشَاءُ našāʔu
Accusative	نَشَاءً našāʔan	النَّشَاءَ an-našāʔa	نَشَاءَ našāʔa
Genitive	نَشَاءٍ našāʔin	النَّشَاءِ an-našāʔi	نَشَاءِ našāʔi

Etymology 3

Verb

نَشَاءُ • (našāʔu) (form I)

1. first-person plural non-past active indicative of شَاءَ (šāʔa)

Verb

نَشَاءَ • (našāʔa) (form I)

1. first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of شَاءَ (šāʔa)

Verb

نُشَاءُ • (nušāʔu) (form I)

1. first-person plural non-past passive indicative of شَاءَ (šāʔa)

Verb

نُشَاءَ • (nušāʔa) (form I)

1. first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive of شَاءَ (šāʔa)