نبأ

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن ب ء (n-b-ʔ). Compare Hebrew נבא (nibé, “to prophesy”, “to proclaim”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.baʔ/

Noun

نَبَأ • (nabaʔ) m (plural أَنْبَاء (ʔanbāʔ))

1. news
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 78:1-3:

     عَمَّ يَتَسَاۤءَلُونَ ۝ عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ۝ ٱلَّذِي هُمۡ فِيهِ مُخۡتَلِفُونَ ۝

     About what are they asking one another? / About the great news - / That over which they are in disagreement.

2. tidings
3. story

Declension

Declension of noun نَبَأ (nabaʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَبَأ nabaʔ	النَّبَأ an-nabaʔ	نَبَأ nabaʔ
Nominative	نَبَأٌ nabaʔun	النَّبَأُ an-nabaʔu	نَبَأُ nabaʔu
Accusative	نَبَأً nabaʔan	النَّبَأَ an-nabaʔa	نَبَأَ nabaʔa
Genitive	نَبَإٍ nabaʔin	النَّبَإِ an-nabaʔi	نَبَإِ nabaʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَبَأَيْن nabaʔayn	النَّبَأَيْن an-nabaʔayn	نَبَأَيْ nabaʔay
Nominative	نَبَآنِ nabaʔāni	النَّبَآنِ an-nabaʔāni	نَبَآ nabaʔā
Accusative	نَبَأَيْنِ nabaʔayni	النَّبَأَيْنِ an-nabaʔayni	نَبَأَيْ nabaʔay
Genitive	نَبَأَيْنِ nabaʔayni	النَّبَأَيْنِ an-nabaʔayni	نَبَأَيْ nabaʔay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنْبَاء ʔanbāʔ	الْأَنْبَاء al-ʔanbāʔ	أَنْبَاء ʔanbāʔ
Nominative	أَنْبَاءٌ ʔanbāʔun	الْأَنْبَاءُ al-ʔanbāʔu	أَنْبَاءُ ʔanbāʔu
Accusative	أَنْبَاءً ʔanbāʔan	الْأَنْبَاءَ al-ʔanbāʔa	أَنْبَاءَ ʔanbāʔa
Genitive	أَنْبَاءٍ ʔanbāʔin	الْأَنْبَاءِ al-ʔanbāʔi	أَنْبَاءِ ʔanbāʔi

Derived terms

• سُورَةُ النَّبَإ (sūratu n-nabaʔ)

References

• Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “نبأ”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “نبأ”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “نبأ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “نبأ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz