نصر

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See also: نضر

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن ص ر (n ṣ r)
10 terms

Noun

نَصْر (naṣrm

  1. verbal noun of نَصَرَ (naṣara) (form I)
  2. victory, triumph
    Synonym: اِنْتِصَار (intiṣār)
    Antonym: هَزِيمَة (hazīma)
Declension

Verb

نَصَرَ (naṣara) I (non-past يَنْصُرُ (yanṣuru), verbal noun نَصْر (naṣr) or نُصُور (nuṣūr))

  1. to help, to assist, to support
  2. to grant victory
  3. to rescue, to save
  4. to water abundantly
  5. (of a tributary) to conduct water into a river
Conjugation
References

Etymology 2

Denominal verb of نَصَارَى (naṣārā, Christians), as if from the root ن ص ر (n ṣ r) related to aiding or assisting.

Pronunciation

Verb

نَصَّرَ (naṣṣara) II (non-past يُنَصِّرُ (yunaṣṣiru), verbal noun تَنْصِير (tanṣīr))

  1. to Christianize, to convert someone to Christianity
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 23:137:
      كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ، فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهِ أَوْ يُمَجِّسَانِهِ
      kullu mawlūdin yūladu ʕalā l-fiṭrati, faʔabawāhu yuhawwidānihi ʔaw yunaṣṣirānihi ʔaw yumajjisānihi
      Every newborn is born upon the fitra (i.e., in a state of submission to God or al-islām); its parents then Judaize or Christianize or Zoroastrianize it.
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Verb

نصر (form I)

  1. نَصِرْ (naṣir) /na.sˤir/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of صَارَ (ṣāra)
  2. نَصُرْ (naṣur) /na.sˤur/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of صَارَ (ṣāra)
  3. نُصَرْ (nuṣar) /nu.sˤar/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of صَارَ (ṣāra)

Etymology 4

Verb

نصر (form IV)

  1. نُصِرُّ (nuṣirru) /nu.sˤir.ru/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of أَصَرَّ (ʔaṣarra)
  2. نُصَرُّ (nuṣarru) /nu.sˤar.ru/: first-person plural non-past passive indicative of أَصَرَّ (ʔaṣarra)
  3. نُصِرَّ (nuṣirra) /nu.sˤir.ra/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive/jussive of أَصَرَّ (ʔaṣarra)
  4. نُصَرَّ (nuṣarra) /nu.sˤar.ra/: first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive/jussive of أَصَرَّ (ʔaṣarra)
  5. نُصِرِّ (nuṣirri) /nu.sˤir.ri/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of أَصَرَّ (ʔaṣarra)
  6. نُصَرِّ (nuṣarri) /nu.sˤar.ri/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of أَصَرَّ (ʔaṣarra)