Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ن س ب (n-s-b)

Verbal noun of نَاسَبَ (nāsaba, to suit, to fit).

Noun edit

مُنَاسَبَة (munāsabaf (plural مُنَاسَبَات (munāsabāt))

  1. verbal noun of نَاسَبَ (nāsaba, to suit, to fit) (form III)
  2. fitness, suitability
  3. correspondence, analogy, proportionality
  4. worthiness
  5. relationship, kinship
  6. relation
  7. connection, link
  8. occasion, opportunity
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “نسب”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مناسبة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نسب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

مُنَاسِبَة (munāsibaf

  1. feminine singular of مُنَاسِب (munāsib)