This feminine participle functions as a noun meaning 'the forsaken area' or 'desolate region.' It appears in Isaiah's commission vision, where God warns that judgment will result in great forsakenness 'in the midst of the land.' The term comes from the root 'to forsake' or 'abandon,' and the participle form emphasizes the state of being abandoned. Isaiah's vision foretells that the land will be emptied of inhabitants, becoming desolate and forsaken. The definite article ('the forsaken area') gives it a concrete, almost personified quality—not just abstract desolation but a specific forsaken place. The imagery is stark: what was once populated and thriving will become empty and abandoned.