نصيري

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Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of مُحَمَّد بِن نُصَيْر (muḥammad bin nuṣayr, “Muhammad ibn Nusayr”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective

نُصَيْرِيّ • (nuṣayriyy) (feminine نُصَيْرِيَّة (nuṣayriyya), masculine plural نُصَيْرِيُّونَ (nuṣayriyyūna), feminine plural نُصَيْرِيَّات (nuṣayriyyāt))

  1. (obsolete) an Alawite, a member of a syncretic Shia sect concentrated in Latakia and Tartus governorates in Syria
  2. (Islam, religious slur) a Nusayri, an Alawite

Usage notes

In 1920s the term عَلَوِيّ (ʕalawiyy) became more common for self-identification among Alawites. Now the word "Nusayri" is used only by the critics of the sect, especially by groups like the Islamic State or Jabhat an-Nusra during the Syrian Civil war.

Declension

Declension of adjective نُصَيْرِيّ (nuṣayriyy)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal نُصَيْرِي
nuṣayrī 		النُّصَيْرِي
an-nuṣayrī 		نُصَيْرِيَّة
nuṣayriyya 		النُّصَيْرِيَّة
an-nuṣayriyya
Nominative نُصَيْرِيٌّ
nuṣayriyyun 		النُّصَيْرِيُّ
an-nuṣayriyyu 		نُصَيْرِيَّةٌ
nuṣayriyyatun 		النُّصَيْرِيَّةُ
an-nuṣayriyyatu
Accusative نُصَيْرِيًّا
nuṣayriyyan 		النُّصَيْرِيَّ
an-nuṣayriyya 		نُصَيْرِيَّةً
nuṣayriyyatan 		النُّصَيْرِيَّةَ
an-nuṣayriyyata
Genitive نُصَيْرِيٍّ
nuṣayriyyin 		النُّصَيْرِيِّ
an-nuṣayriyyi 		نُصَيْرِيَّةٍ
nuṣayriyyatin 		النُّصَيْرِيَّةِ
an-nuṣayriyyati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal نُصَيْرِيَّيْن
nuṣayriyyayn 		النُّصَيْرِيَّيْن
an-nuṣayriyyayn 		نُصَيْرِيَّتَيْن
nuṣayriyyatayn 		النُّصَيْرِيَّتَيْن
an-nuṣayriyyatayn
Nominative نُصَيْرِيَّانِ
nuṣayriyyāni 		النُّصَيْرِيَّانِ
an-nuṣayriyyāni 		نُصَيْرِيَّتَانِ
nuṣayriyyatāni 		النُّصَيْرِيَّتَانِ
an-nuṣayriyyatāni
Accusative نُصَيْرِيَّيْنِ
nuṣayriyyayni 		النُّصَيْرِيَّيْنِ
an-nuṣayriyyayni 		نُصَيْرِيَّتَيْنِ
nuṣayriyyatayni 		النُّصَيْرِيَّتَيْنِ
an-nuṣayriyyatayni
Genitive نُصَيْرِيَّيْنِ
nuṣayriyyayni 		النُّصَيْرِيَّيْنِ
an-nuṣayriyyayni 		نُصَيْرِيَّتَيْنِ
nuṣayriyyatayni 		النُّصَيْرِيَّتَيْنِ
an-nuṣayriyyatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal نُصَيْرِيِّين
nuṣayriyyīn 		النُّصَيْرِيِّين
an-nuṣayriyyīn 		نُصَيْرِيَّات
nuṣayriyyāt 		النُّصَيْرِيَّات
an-nuṣayriyyāt
Nominative نُصَيْرِيُّونَ
nuṣayriyyūna 		النُّصَيْرِيُّونَ
an-nuṣayriyyūna 		نُصَيْرِيَّاتٌ
nuṣayriyyātun 		النُّصَيْرِيَّاتُ
an-nuṣayriyyātu
Accusative نُصَيْرِيِّينَ
nuṣayriyyīna 		النُّصَيْرِيِّينَ
an-nuṣayriyyīna 		نُصَيْرِيَّاتٍ
nuṣayriyyātin 		النُّصَيْرِيَّاتِ
an-nuṣayriyyāti
Genitive نُصَيْرِيِّينَ
nuṣayriyyīna 		النُّصَيْرِيِّينَ
an-nuṣayriyyīna 		نُصَيْرِيَّاتٍ
nuṣayriyyātin 		النُّصَيْرِيَّاتِ
an-nuṣayriyyāti
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