nabla

nabla

English

Etymology

Hebrew נֵ֤בֶל‎

Noun

nabla (plural nablas)

1. A Hebrew stringed instrument.
2. (mathematical analysis) The symbol ∇, used to denote the gradient operator.

Synonyms

• (instrument): nebel (obsolete, possibly the same instrument)
• (symbol): atled, del

Translations

instrument

Catalan: nabla (ca) m Finnish: nabla (fi)

symbol

Catalan: nabla (ca) m Finnish: nabla (fi) German: Nabla n Russian: набла (ru) (nabla)

Further reading

• Nabla symbol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nevel (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Alban, Balan, Blaan, Laban, Nabal, alban, banal, laban, labna, nabal

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Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: na‧bla

Noun

nabla c (plural nabla's)

1. (mathematical analysis) nabla, ∇

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Finnish

Etymology

From Hebrew נֵ֤בֶל‎‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑblɑ/, [ˈnɑblɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑblɑ
• Syllabification^(key): nab‧la

Noun

nabla

1. nabla (symbol and instrument)

Declension

Inflection of nabla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		nabla	nablat
genitive		nablan	nablojen
partitive		nablaa	nabloja
illative		nablaan	nabloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		nabla	nablat
accusative	nom.	nabla	nablat
	gen.	nablan
genitive		nablan	nablojen nablainrare
partitive		nablaa	nabloja
inessive		nablassa	nabloissa
elative		nablasta	nabloista
illative		nablaan	nabloihin
adessive		nablalla	nabloilla
ablative		nablalta	nabloilta
allative		nablalle	nabloille
essive		nablana	nabloina
translative		nablaksi	nabloiksi
instructive		—	nabloin
abessive		nablatta	nabloitta
comitative		—	nabloineen

Possessive forms of nabla (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	nablani	nablamme
2nd person	nablasi	nablanne
3rd person	nablansa

Derived terms

• nablata

Anagrams

• alban

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English nabla, from Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.bla/
• Rhymes: -abla
• Hyphenation: nà‧bla

Noun

nabla m (invariable)

1. (mathematical analysis) nabla (the symbol ∇)

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.bla/, [ˈnäbɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.bla/, [ˈnäːblä]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla).

Noun

nabla f (genitive nablae); first declension

1. A kind of lyre.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nabla	nablae
Genitive	nablae	nablārum
Dative	nablae	nablīs
Accusative	nablam	nablās
Ablative	nablā	nablīs
Vocative	nabla	nablae

Descendants

• English: nabla

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

nabla

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of nablum

References

• “nabla”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “nabla”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin