nasab
English edit
Etymology edit
Arabic نسب (literally “lineage”)
Noun edit
nasab (plural nasabs)
- An Arab patronymic or matronymic.
Maltese edit
| Root |
|---|
| n-s-b |
| 4 terms |
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
nasab (imperfect jonsob, past participle minsub, verbal noun nsib)
- (intransitive with għal) to hunt for birds by trapping
- (transitive) to set (a trap)
- (transitive, figurative) to trick, frame, to try to cheat by means of a ruse
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of nasab | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | nsabt | nsabt | nasab | nsabna | nsabtu | nasbu | |
| f | nasbet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nonsob | tonsob | jonsob | nonsbu | tonsbu | jonsbu | |
| f | tonsob | |||||||
| imperative | onsob | onsbu | ||||||