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نسبة

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Root
ن س ب (n s b)
17 terms

Etymology 1

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Verbal noun of نَسَبَ (nasaba).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nis.ba/
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Noun

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نِسْبَة (nisbaf (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.
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Etymology 2

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Adverbial accusative of نِسْبَة (nisba, relationship).

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Adverb

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نِسْبَةً (nisbatan)

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

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Root
ن س ب
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic نِسْبَة (nisba).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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نسبة (nisbef

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

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