نشبة

Arabic

Root
ن ش ب (n š b)
3 terms

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic נשבא‏ / ܢܫܒܐ (nešbā, “snare”).

Noun

نُشْبَة or نِشْبَة or نَشْبَة • (nušba or nišba or našba) f

1. snare
2. whammy, calamity, accroachment, trepan
3. something attached or stuck
4. someone who clings to a matter without being able to let it go
5. verbal noun of نَشِبَ (našiba, “to stick or get stuck”) (form I)
6. wolf

Declension

Declension of noun نُشْبَة (nušba)‎; نِشْبَة (nišba)‎; نَشْبَة (našba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نُشْبَة‎; نِشْبَة‎; نَشْبَة nušba‎; nišba‎; našba	النُّشْبَة‎; النِّشْبَة‎; النَّشْبَة an-nušba‎; an-nišba‎; an-našba	نُشْبَة‎; نِشْبَة‎; نَشْبَة nušbat‎; nišbat‎; našbat
Nominative	نُشْبَةٌ‎; نِشْبَةٌ‎; نَشْبَةٌ nušbatun‎; nišbatun‎; našbatun	النُّشْبَةُ‎; النِّشْبَةُ‎; النَّشْبَةُ an-nušbatu‎; an-nišbatu‎; an-našbatu	نُشْبَةُ‎; نِشْبَةُ‎; نَشْبَةُ nušbatu‎; nišbatu‎; našbatu
Accusative	نُشْبَةً‎; نِشْبَةً‎; نَشْبَةً nušbatan‎; nišbatan‎; našbatan	النُّشْبَةَ‎; النِّشْبَةَ‎; النَّشْبَةَ an-nušbata‎; an-nišbata‎; an-našbata	نُشْبَةَ‎; نِشْبَةَ‎; نَشْبَةَ nušbata‎; nišbata‎; našbata
Genitive	نُشْبَةٍ‎; نِشْبَةٍ‎; نَشْبَةٍ nušbatin‎; nišbatin‎; našbatin	النُّشْبَةِ‎; النِّشْبَةِ‎; النَّشْبَةِ an-nušbati‎; an-nišbati‎; an-našbati	نُشْبَةِ‎; نِشْبَةِ‎; نَشْبَةِ nušbati‎; nišbati‎; našbati

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, pages 1261–1262
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “نشبة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 278
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “نشبة”, 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), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1257
• Landberg, Carlo, editor (1942), Glossaire daṯînois‎^[3] (in French), Leiden: Brill, page 2769
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نشبة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[4], London: W.H. Allen, page 1120a