See also: نست, نشت, and ن ش ب

Arabic

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Root
ن س ب (n s b)
17 terms

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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نَسَبَ (nasaba) I (non-past يَنْسُبُ (yansubu) or يَنْسِبُ (yansibu), verbal noun نَسَب (nasab) or نِسْبَة (nisba))

  1. to relate, to correlate [with accusative ‘something’ and إِلَى (ʔilā) ‘to/with something else’]
  2. to attribute, to ascribe [with accusative ‘something’ and إِلَى (ʔilā) ‘to someone/something’]
  3. to charge, to accuse [with لِ (li) or إِلَى (ʔilā) ‘someone’, along with accusative ‘of something’]
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Verbal noun of نَسَبَ (nasaba).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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نَسَب (nasabm

  1. verbal noun of نَسَبَ (nasaba) (form I)
  2. lineage, genealogy
  3. descent, birth
  4. parentage
  5. noble descent
Declension
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: nəsəb
  • Persian: نسب
  • Ottoman Turkish: نسب

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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نِسَب (nisabf pl

  1. plural of نِسْبَة (nisba)
References
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  • Mace, John (2007) “نسب”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نسب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen

Ushojo

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Noun

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نسب (nasb)

  1. community, society