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))

1. who gives advice and guidance a lot
2. 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
	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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [na.ˈsuːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.súːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.súːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nä.súː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nä.sú]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.súːʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.sɵ́ʰ]

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

Adjective

نصوح • (nasuh)

1. 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 [i.e. repenting through love and wine] is sincere repentance for me.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نصوح”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim