نصح

نَصَحَ • (naṣaḥa) I (non-past يَنْصَحُ (yanṣaḥu), verbal noun نَصْح (naṣḥ) or نُصْح (nuṣḥ) or نَصَاحَة (naṣāḥa))

1. to give sincere advice, to counsel
2. to admonish, to exhort
3. to wish well
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:11:

     قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْمَ۫نَّا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَنَـٰصِحُونَ

     They said, “O our father! Why do you not trust us with Joseph, although we truly wish him well?

• Gulf Arabic: نصح (niṣaḥ)
• South Levantine Arabic: نصح (naṣaḥ)

نَصْح or نُصْح • (naṣḥ or nuṣḥ) m

1. verbal noun of نَصَحَ (naṣaḥa) (form I)
2. good advice, counseling

• نَصِيحَة (naṣīḥa)

نُصْح • (nuṣḥ) m

1. verbal noun of نَصَحَ (naṣaḥa) (form I)

نَصِحْ • (naṣiḥ) (form I) /na.sˤiħ/

1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of صَاحَ (ṣāḥa)

From Arabic نَصَحَ (naṣaḥa).

• IPA^(key): /na.sˤaħ/,

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نصح • (naṣaḥ) I (present بنصح (binṣaḥ))

1. to advise, to recommend

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• IPA^(key): /ni.sˤiħ/,

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نصح • (niṣiḥ) I (present بنصح (binṣaḥ), active participle ناصح (nāṣeḥ))

1. to get fat, to gain weight

   Antonym: ضعف (ḍiʕif)