نسبة

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Arabic

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Root
ن س ب (n s b)
17 terms

Etymology 1

Verbal noun of نَسَبَ (nasaba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nis.ba/
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Noun

نِسْبَة • (nisba) f (plural نِسَب (nisab))

  1. verbal noun of نَسَبَ (nasaba) (form I)
  2. relationship, affiliation
  3. connection, relation
  4. agreement
  5. ratio, proportion
  6. rate
    اِنْخَفَضَتْ نِسْبَةُ ٱلْبِطَالَةِ فِي ٱلسَّنَوَاتِ ٱلْأَخِيرَةِ.
    inḵafaḍat nisbatu l-biṭālati fī s-sanawāti l-ʔaḵīrati.
    The unemployment rate has decreased in recent years.
  7. percentage
    تَدْرُسُ نِسْبَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ مِنَ ٱلشَّبَابِ فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ.
    tadrusu nisbatun kabīratun mina š-šabābi fī l-ḵāriji.
    A big percentage of young people study abroad.
  8. (grammar) nisba, a common suffix to form adjectives of relation or pertinence, e.g. ـي (-ī, -iyy) m and ـيَة (-íyya) f.
Declension
Declension of noun نِسْبَة (nisba)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نِسْبَة
nisba 		النِّسْبَة
an-nisba 		نِسْبَة
nisbat
Nominative نِسْبَةٌ
nisbatun 		النِّسْبَةُ
an-nisbatu 		نِسْبَةُ
nisbatu
Accusative نِسْبَةً
nisbatan 		النِّسْبَةَ
an-nisbata 		نِسْبَةَ
nisbata
Genitive نِسْبَةٍ
nisbatin 		النِّسْبَةِ
an-nisbati 		نِسْبَةِ
nisbati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نِسْبَتَيْن
nisbatayn 		النِّسْبَتَيْن
an-nisbatayn 		نِسْبَتَيْ
nisbatay
Nominative نِسْبَتَانِ
nisbatāni 		النِّسْبَتَانِ
an-nisbatāni 		نِسْبَتَا
nisbatā
Accusative نِسْبَتَيْنِ
nisbatayni 		النِّسْبَتَيْنِ
an-nisbatayni 		نِسْبَتَيْ
nisbatay
Genitive نِسْبَتَيْنِ
nisbatayni 		النِّسْبَتَيْنِ
an-nisbatayni 		نِسْبَتَيْ
nisbatay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نِسَب
nisab 		النِّسَب
an-nisab 		نِسَب
nisab
Nominative نِسَبٌ
nisabun 		النِّسَبُ
an-nisabu 		نِسَبُ
nisabu
Accusative نِسَبًا
nisaban 		النِّسَبَ
an-nisaba 		نِسَبَ
nisaba
Genitive نِسَبٍ
nisabin 		النِّسَبِ
an-nisabi 		نِسَبِ
nisabi
Descendants

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative of نِسْبَة (nisba, “relationship”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

نِسْبَةً • (nisbatan)

  1. in proportion to, in comparison with
  2. in allusion to, after (as in "named after")
    جَامِع الفَاتِح سُمِّى نِسْبَةً للسُّلْطَان مُحَمَّد الفَاتِح ― Fatih Mosque was named after the sultan Mehmed the Conqueror.
Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن س ب
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نِسْبَة (nisba).

Pronunciation

Noun

نسبة • (nisbe) f

  1. relation, proportion, ration
  2. extent, degree, rate

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