ناصبي

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Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of نَاصِبَة (nāṣiba) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

Adjective

نَاصِبِيّ (nāṣibiyy) (feminine نَاصِبِيَّة (nāṣibiyya), masculine plural نَواصِب (nawāṣib) or نَاصِبِيُّون (nāṣibiyyūn), feminine plural نَاصِبِيَّات (nāṣibiyyāt))

  1. (Islam, sometimes religious slur) a perceived enemy of Ali ibn Abi Talib and his family; one who despises them or seeks to delegitimize them; (hence also) an anti-Shiite
    Coordinate term: رَافِضِيّ (rāfiḍiyy)

Declension