نصوح

Arabic

Root
ن ص ح (n ṣ ḥ)
6 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /na.sˤuːħ/
Rhymes: -uːħ

Adjective

نَصُوح • (naṣūḥ) (feminine نَصُوح (naṣūḥ), common plural نُصُح (nuṣuḥ))

who gives advice and guidance a lot
sincere, truthful (collocates with Tawba)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 66:8:
  يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَوْبَةً نَصُوحاً
  yā ʔayyuhā llaḏīna ʔāmanū tūbū ʔilā l-lahi tawbatan naṣūḥan
  O believers! Turn to Allah in sincere repentance.

Declension

Declension of adjective نَصُوح (naṣūḥ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نَصُوح naṣūḥ	النَّصُوح an-naṣūḥ	نَصُوح naṣūḥ	النَّصُوح an-naṣūḥ
Nominative	نَصُوحٌ naṣūḥun	النَّصُوحُ an-naṣūḥu	نَصُوحٌ naṣūḥun	النَّصُوحُ an-naṣūḥu
Accusative	نَصُوحًا naṣūḥan	النَّصُوحَ an-naṣūḥa	نَصُوحًا naṣūḥan	النَّصُوحَ an-naṣūḥa
Genitive	نَصُوحٍ naṣūḥin	النَّصُوحِ an-naṣūḥi	نَصُوحٍ naṣūḥin	النَّصُوحِ an-naṣūḥi
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نَصُوحَيْن naṣūḥayn	النَّصُوحَيْن an-naṣūḥayn	نَصُوحَيْن naṣūḥayn	النَّصُوحَيْن an-naṣūḥayn
Nominative	نَصُوحَانِ naṣūḥāni	النَّصُوحَانِ an-naṣūḥāni	نَصُوحَانِ naṣūḥāni	النَّصُوحَانِ an-naṣūḥāni
Accusative	نَصُوحَيْنِ naṣūḥayni	النَّصُوحَيْنِ an-naṣūḥayni	نَصُوحَيْنِ naṣūḥayni	النَّصُوحَيْنِ an-naṣūḥayni
Genitive	نَصُوحَيْنِ naṣūḥayni	النَّصُوحَيْنِ an-naṣūḥayni	نَصُوحَيْنِ naṣūḥayni	النَّصُوحَيْنِ an-naṣūḥayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نُصُح nuṣuḥ	النُّصُح an-nuṣuḥ	نُصُح nuṣuḥ	النُّصُح an-nuṣuḥ
Nominative	نُصُحٌ nuṣuḥun	النُّصُحُ an-nuṣuḥu	نُصُحٌ nuṣuḥun	النُّصُحُ an-nuṣuḥu
Accusative	نُصُحًا nuṣuḥan	النُّصُحَ an-nuṣuḥa	نُصُحًا nuṣuḥan	النُّصُحَ an-nuṣuḥa
Genitive	نُصُحٍ nuṣuḥin	النُّصُحِ an-nuṣuḥi	نُصُحٍ nuṣuḥin	النُّصُحِ an-nuṣuḥi

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: nəsuh
→ Persian: نصوح (nasuh)
→ Ottoman Turkish: نصوح (nasûh)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَصُوح (naṣūḥ).

Pronunciation

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(Dari, formal) IPA^(key):
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(Iran, formal) IPA^(key):

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key):

Readings
Classical reading^?	nasūh
Dari reading^?	nasūh
Iranian reading^?	nasuh
Tajik reading^?	nasuh

Adjective

نصوح • (nasuh)

sincere, truthful
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 135:
  زاهد مگو که توبه کن از عاشقی و می
  زین نوع توبه‌هاست مرا توبه نصوح
  zāhid magō ki tawba kun az āšiqī u may
  z-īn naw'-i tawba-hā-st ma-rā tawba-yi nasūh
  Ascetic, do not say, "Repent from love and wine!"
  From this sort of repentance is sincere repentance for me.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

نصوح

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