نبي
See also: نبی
Arabic
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Aramaic נְבִיָּא (n'ḇiyyā) (absolutive form: נְבִי (n'ḇī)), the root of which is cognate to the Arabic root ن ب ء (n-b-ʔ). Compare Hebrew נָבִיא (nāḇīʔ).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editنَبِيّ • (nabiyy) m (plural نَبِيُّون (nabiyyūn) or أَنْبِيَاء (ʔanbiyāʔ))
- prophet
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:163:
- إِنَّا أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ كَمَا أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ نُوحٍ وَٱلنَّبِيِّينَ مِن بَعْدِهِ ۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَٱلْأَسْبَاطِ وَعِيسَى وَأَيُّوبَ وَيُونُسَ وَهَارُونَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ
- ʔinnā ʔawḥaynā ʔilayka kamā ʔawḥaynā ʔilā nūḥin wan-nabiyyīna min baʕdihī waʔawḥaynā ʔilā ʔibrāhīma waʔismāʕīla waʔisḥāqa wayaʕqūba wal-ʔasbāṭi waʕīsā waʔayyūba wayūnusa wahārūna wasulaymāna
- Indeed, We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], as We revealed to Noah and the prophets after him. And we revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, the Descendants, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon
Declension
editDeclension of noun نَبِيّ (nabiyy)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نَبِي nabī |
النَّبِي an-nabī |
نَبِي nabī |
Nominative | نَبِيٌّ nabiyyun |
النَّبِيُّ an-nabiyyu |
نَبِيُّ nabiyyu |
Accusative | نَبِيًّا nabiyyan |
النَّبِيَّ an-nabiyya |
نَبِيَّ nabiyya |
Genitive | نَبِيٍّ nabiyyin |
النَّبِيِّ an-nabiyyi |
نَبِيِّ nabiyyi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | نَبِيَّيْن nabiyyayn |
النَّبِيَّيْن an-nabiyyayn |
نَبِيَّيْ nabiyyay |
Nominative | نَبِيَّانِ nabiyyāni |
النَّبِيَّانِ an-nabiyyāni |
نَبِيَّا nabiyyā |
Accusative | نَبِيَّيْنِ nabiyyayni |
النَّبِيَّيْنِ an-nabiyyayni |
نَبِيَّيْ nabiyyay |
Genitive | نَبِيَّيْنِ nabiyyayni |
النَّبِيَّيْنِ an-nabiyyayni |
نَبِيَّيْ nabiyyay |
Plural | sound masculine plural; basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نَبِيِّين; أَنْبِيَاء nabiyyīn; ʔanbiyāʔ |
النَّبِيِّين; الْأَنْبِيَاء an-nabiyyīn; al-ʔanbiyāʔ |
نَبِيِّي; أَنْبِيَاء nabiyyī; ʔanbiyāʔ |
Nominative | نَبِيُّونَ; أَنْبِيَاءُ nabiyyūna; ʔanbiyāʔu |
النَّبِيُّونَ; الْأَنْبِيَاءُ an-nabiyyūna; al-ʔanbiyāʔu |
نَبِيُّو; أَنْبِيَاءُ nabiyyū; ʔanbiyāʔu |
Accusative | نَبِيِّينَ; أَنْبِيَاءَ nabiyyīna; ʔanbiyāʔa |
النَّبِيِّينَ; الْأَنْبِيَاءَ an-nabiyyīna; al-ʔanbiyāʔa |
نَبِيِّي; أَنْبِيَاءَ nabiyyī; ʔanbiyāʔa |
Genitive | نَبِيِّينَ; أَنْبِيَاءَ nabiyyīna; ʔanbiyāʔa |
النَّبِيِّينَ; الْأَنْبِيَاءِ an-nabiyyīna; al-ʔanbiyāʔi |
نَبِيِّي; أَنْبِيَاءِ nabiyyī; ʔanbiyāʔi |
Alternative forms
edit- نَبِيء (nabīʔ)
Derived terms
edit- نَبَوِيّ (nabawiyy)
Descendants
edit- → Bengali: নবী (nobi)
- → Fula: annabi
- → Hausa: ànnabī̀
- → Hindustani:
- → Malay: nabi
- Indonesian: nabi
- → Northern Kurdish: nebî
- → Ottoman Turkish: نبی
- Turkish: nebi
- → Persian: نبی (nabi)
- → Pashto: نبي (nabi)
- → Swahili: nabii
- → Tamil: நபி (napi)
- → Tausug: nabi
References
edit- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “نبو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Malay
editNoun
editنبي (plural نبي-نبي or نبي۲, informal 1st possessive نبيکو, 2nd possessive نبيمو, 3rd possessive نبيڽ)
Pashto
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy), from Aramaic נְבִיָּא (n'ḇiyyā) (absolutive form: נְבִי (n'ḇī)).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editنبي • (nabi) m
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