نبي

نبي

See also: نبی‎

Arabic

Etymology

Cognates with Aramaic נְבִיָּא‎ (n'ḇiyyā) (absolutive form: נְבִי‎ (n'ḇī)), the root of which is cognate to the Arabic root ن ب ء‎ (n-b-ʾ). Compare Hebrew נָבִיא‎ (nāḇīʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.bijj/
• Rhymes: -ijj

Noun

نَبِيّ • (nabiyy) m (plural نَبِيُّون‎ (nabiyyūn) or أَنْبِيَاء‎ (ʾanbiyāʾ))

1. prophet

Declension

Declension of noun نَبِيّ (nabiyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَبِي nabī	النَّبِي‎ an-nabī	نَبِي nabī
Nominative	نَبِيٌّ nabiyyun	النَّبِيُّ‎ an-nabiyyu	نَبِيُّ nabiyyu
Accusative	نَبِيًّا‎ nabiyyan	النَّبِيَّ‎ an-nabiyya	نَبِيَّ nabiyya
Genitive	نَبِيٍّ nabiyyin	النَّبِيِّ‎ an-nabiyyi	نَبِيِّ nabiyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَبِيَّيْن‎ nabiyyayn	النَّبِيَّيْن‎ an-nabiyyayn	نَبِيَّيْ‎ nabiyyay
Nominative	نَبِيَّانِ‎ nabiyyāni	النَّبِيَّانِ‎ an-nabiyyāni	نَبِيَّا‎ nabiyyā
Accusative	نَبِيَّيْنِ‎ nabiyyayni	النَّبِيَّيْنِ‎ an-nabiyyayni	نَبِيَّيْ‎ nabiyyay
Genitive	نَبِيَّيْنِ‎ nabiyyayni	النَّبِيَّيْنِ‎ an-nabiyyayni	نَبِيَّيْ‎ nabiyyay
Plural	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَبِيِّين‎‎; أَنْبِيَاء‎ nabiyyīn‎; ʾanbiyāʾ	النَّبِيِّين‎‎; الْأَنْبِيَاء‎ an-nabiyyīn‎; al-ʾanbiyāʾ	نَبِيِّي‎‎; أَنْبِيَاء‎ nabiyyī‎; ʾanbiyāʾ
Nominative	نَبِيُّونَ‎‎; أَنْبِيَاءُ‎ nabiyyūna‎; ʾanbiyāʾu	النَّبِيُّونَ‎‎; الْأَنْبِيَاءُ‎ an-nabiyyūna‎; al-ʾanbiyāʾu	نَبِيُّو‎‎; أَنْبِيَاءُ‎ nabiyyū‎; ʾanbiyāʾu
Accusative	نَبِيِّينَ‎‎; أَنْبِيَاءَ‎ nabiyyīna‎; ʾanbiyāʾa	النَّبِيِّينَ‎‎; الْأَنْبِيَاءَ‎ an-nabiyyīna‎; al-ʾanbiyāʾa	نَبِيِّي‎‎; أَنْبِيَاءَ‎ nabiyyī‎; ʾanbiyāʾa
Genitive	نَبِيِّينَ‎‎; أَنْبِيَاءَ‎ nabiyyīna‎; ʾanbiyāʾa	النَّبِيِّينَ‎‎; الْأَنْبِيَاءِ‎ an-nabiyyīna‎; al-ʾanbiyāʾi	نَبِيِّي‎‎; أَنْبِيَاءِ‎ nabiyyī‎; ʾanbiyāʾi

Alternative forms

• نَبِيء‎ (nabīʾ)

Derived terms

• نَبَوِيّ‎ (nabawiyy)

Descendants

• → Bengali: নবী (nôbī)
• → Fula: annabi
• → Hausa: ànnabī̀
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: नबी (nabī)
  • Urdu: نبی‎ (nabī)
• → Malay: nabi
  • Indonesian: nabi
• → Northern Kurdish: nebî
• → Ottoman Turkish: نبی‎
  • Turkish: nebi
• → Persian: نبی‎ (nabi)
• → Pashto: نبي‎ (nabi)
• → Swahili: nabii
• → Tausug: nabi

References

• Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “نبو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic نَبِيّ‎ (nabiyy), from Aramaic נְבִיָּא‎ (n'ḇiyyā) (absolutive form: נְבִי‎ (n'ḇī)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈbi/

Noun

نبي • (nabi) m

1. (religion) prophet