تنصر

Arabic

Etymology

The senses to do with ‘helping’ come from the South Semitic root whose Arabic reflex is ن ص ر (n-ṣ-r). The senses to do with converting to Christianity come from the Aramaic word meaning Nazarene.

Verb

تَنَصَّرَ • (tanaṣṣara) V, non-past يَتَنَصَّرُ‎ (yatanaṣṣaru)

1. lend each other mutual assistance
2. make a defensive alliance
3. reciprocally corrobate
4. (intransitive) to convert to Christianity
   • 2012 February 7, “موسم الهجوم على الإسلام والمسلمين مع "قسمة الغرماء" ليوسف القعيد - الدراسة مهداة إلى الأستاذة فتحية صرصور”, in Dunyā al Waṭan‎^[1]:

     وذلك على العكس التام مما يسلكه من يعتنق الإسلام من النصارى، إذ يحاول العيش فى هدوء، وبخاصة فى ظل ما كان سائدا من قهر للمسلمين وبطش بهم فى عهد المخلوع، الذى كان يناصر الكنيسة وكبيرها على حساب الدين الذى ينتسب رسميا إليه، إذ كان يسلم من تتنصر إلى الكنيسة فتحبسها فى الدير وتسومها سوء العذاب

     This is in utter contrast to the conversion of those who have embraced Islam by Christians, who try to live in peace, especially in the shadow of prevailing Muslim oppression and brutality during the era of the deposed [potentate], who supported the church and its chief at the expense of the religion to which he officially belongs when she, who sought refuge in the church which confined her in the cloister and ordained her, was exposed to terrible pain.

Conjugation

Conjugation of

تَنَصَّرَ

(form-V sound)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَنَصُّر tanaṣṣur
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُتَنَصِّر mutanaṣṣir
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تَنَصَّرْتُ tanaṣṣartu	تَنَصَّرْتَ tanaṣṣarta	تَنَصَّرَ tanaṣṣara		تَنَصَّرْتُمَا tanaṣṣartumā	تَنَصَّرَا tanaṣṣarā		تَنَصَّرْنَا tanaṣṣarnā	تَنَصَّرْتُمْ tanaṣṣartum	تَنَصَّرُوا tanaṣṣarū
	f		تَنَصَّرْتِ tanaṣṣarti	تَنَصَّرَتْ tanaṣṣarat			تَنَصَّرَتَا tanaṣṣaratā			تَنَصَّرْتُنَّ tanaṣṣartunna	تَنَصَّرْنَ tanaṣṣarna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَتَنَصَّرُ ʔatanaṣṣaru	تَتَنَصَّرُ tatanaṣṣaru	يَتَنَصَّرُ yatanaṣṣaru		تَتَنَصَّرَانِ tatanaṣṣarāni	يَتَنَصَّرَانِ yatanaṣṣarāni		نَتَنَصَّرُ natanaṣṣaru	تَتَنَصَّرُونَ tatanaṣṣarūna	يَتَنَصَّرُونَ yatanaṣṣarūna
	f		تَتَنَصَّرِينَ tatanaṣṣarīna	تَتَنَصَّرُ tatanaṣṣaru			تَتَنَصَّرَانِ tatanaṣṣarāni			تَتَنَصَّرْنَ tatanaṣṣarna	يَتَنَصَّرْنَ yatanaṣṣarna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَتَنَصَّرَ ʔatanaṣṣara	تَتَنَصَّرَ tatanaṣṣara	يَتَنَصَّرَ yatanaṣṣara		تَتَنَصَّرَا tatanaṣṣarā	يَتَنَصَّرَا yatanaṣṣarā		نَتَنَصَّرَ natanaṣṣara	تَتَنَصَّرُوا tatanaṣṣarū	يَتَنَصَّرُوا yatanaṣṣarū
	f		تَتَنَصَّرِي tatanaṣṣarī	تَتَنَصَّرَ tatanaṣṣara			تَتَنَصَّرَا tatanaṣṣarā			تَتَنَصَّرْنَ tatanaṣṣarna	يَتَنَصَّرْنَ yatanaṣṣarna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَتَنَصَّرْ ʔatanaṣṣar	تَتَنَصَّرْ tatanaṣṣar	يَتَنَصَّرْ yatanaṣṣar		تَتَنَصَّرَا tatanaṣṣarā	يَتَنَصَّرَا yatanaṣṣarā		نَتَنَصَّرْ natanaṣṣar	تَتَنَصَّرُوا tatanaṣṣarū	يَتَنَصَّرُوا yatanaṣṣarū
	f		تَتَنَصَّرِي tatanaṣṣarī	تَتَنَصَّرْ tatanaṣṣar			تَتَنَصَّرَا tatanaṣṣarā			تَتَنَصَّرْنَ tatanaṣṣarna	يَتَنَصَّرْنَ yatanaṣṣarna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		تَنَصَّرْ tanaṣṣar			تَنَصَّرَا tanaṣṣarā				تَنَصَّرُوا tanaṣṣarū
	f		تَنَصَّرِي tanaṣṣarī							تَنَصَّرْنَ tanaṣṣarna

Verb

تَنْصُرُ • (tanṣuru) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of نَصَرَ (naṣara)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative of نَصَرَ (naṣara)

Verb

تَنْصُرَ • (tanṣura) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of نَصَرَ (naṣara)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of نَصَرَ (naṣara)

Verb

تَنْصُرْ • (tanṣur) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive of نَصَرَ (naṣara)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive of نَصَرَ (naṣara)

Verb

تُنْصَرُ • (tunṣaru) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of نَصَرَ (naṣara)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of نَصَرَ (naṣara)

Verb

تُنْصَرَ • (tunṣara) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of نَصَرَ (naṣara)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of نَصَرَ (naṣara)

Verb

تُنْصَرْ • (tunṣar) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive of نَصَرَ (naṣara)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive of نَصَرَ (naṣara)

References

• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “تنصر”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie