نصاب
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nasˤ.sˤaːb/
Etymology 1
Characteristic adjective from the verb نَصَبَ (naṣaba).
Adjective
نَصَّاب • (naṣṣāb) (feminine نَصَّابَة (naṣṣāba), masculine plural نَصَّابُونَ (naṣṣābūna), feminine plural نَصَّابَات (naṣṣābāt))
- (colloquial) swindler, deceiver, liar
- (colloquial) crook
Declension
Declension of adjective نَصَّاب (naṣṣāb)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | نَصَّاب naṣṣāb | النَّصَّاب an-naṣṣāb | نَصَّاب naṣṣāb | نَصَّابَة naṣṣāba | النَّصَّابَة an-naṣṣāba | نَصَّابَة naṣṣābat |
| Nominative | نَصَّابٌ naṣṣābun | النَّصَّابُ an-naṣṣābu | نَصَّابُ naṣṣābu | نَصَّابَةٌ naṣṣābatun | النَّصَّابَةُ an-naṣṣābatu | نَصَّابَةُ naṣṣābatu |
| Accusative | نَصَّابًا naṣṣāban | النَّصَّابَ an-naṣṣāba | نَصَّابَ naṣṣāba | نَصَّابَةً naṣṣābatan | النَّصَّابَةَ an-naṣṣābata | نَصَّابَةَ naṣṣābata |
| Genitive | نَصَّابٍ naṣṣābin | النَّصَّابِ an-naṣṣābi | نَصَّابِ naṣṣābi | نَصَّابَةٍ naṣṣābatin | النَّصَّابَةِ an-naṣṣābati | نَصَّابَةِ naṣṣābati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | نَصَّابَيْن naṣṣābayn | النَّصَّابَيْن an-naṣṣābayn | نَصَّابَيْ naṣṣābay | نَصَّابَتَيْن naṣṣābatayn | النَّصَّابَتَيْن an-naṣṣābatayn | نَصَّابَتَيْ naṣṣābatay |
| Nominative | نَصَّابَانِ naṣṣābāni | النَّصَّابَانِ an-naṣṣābāni | نَصَّابَا naṣṣābā | نَصَّابَتَانِ naṣṣābatāni | النَّصَّابَتَانِ an-naṣṣābatāni | نَصَّابَتَا naṣṣābatā |
| Accusative | نَصَّابَيْنِ naṣṣābayni | النَّصَّابَيْنِ an-naṣṣābayni | نَصَّابَيْ naṣṣābay | نَصَّابَتَيْنِ naṣṣābatayni | النَّصَّابَتَيْنِ an-naṣṣābatayni | نَصَّابَتَيْ naṣṣābatay |
| Genitive | نَصَّابَيْنِ naṣṣābayni | النَّصَّابَيْنِ an-naṣṣābayni | نَصَّابَيْ naṣṣābay | نَصَّابَتَيْنِ naṣṣābatayni | النَّصَّابَتَيْنِ an-naṣṣābatayni | نَصَّابَتَيْ naṣṣābatay |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
| sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural | |||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | نَصَّابِين naṣṣābīn | النَّصَّابِين an-naṣṣābīn | نَصَّابِي naṣṣābī | نَصَّابَات naṣṣābāt | النَّصَّابَات an-naṣṣābāt | نَصَّابَات naṣṣābāt |
| Nominative | نَصَّابُونَ naṣṣābūna | النَّصَّابُونَ an-naṣṣābūna | نَصَّابُو naṣṣābū | نَصَّابَاتٌ naṣṣābātun | النَّصَّابَاتُ an-naṣṣābātu | نَصَّابَاتُ naṣṣābātu |
| Accusative | نَصَّابِينَ naṣṣābīna | النَّصَّابِينَ an-naṣṣābīna | نَصَّابِي naṣṣābī | نَصَّابَاتٍ naṣṣābātin | النَّصَّابَاتِ an-naṣṣābāti | نَصَّابَاتِ naṣṣābāti |
| Genitive | نَصَّابِينَ naṣṣābīna | النَّصَّابِينَ an-naṣṣābīna | نَصَّابِي naṣṣābī | نَصَّابَاتٍ naṣṣābātin | النَّصَّابَاتِ an-naṣṣābāti | نَصَّابَاتِ naṣṣābāti |
Etymology 2
From the root ن ص ب (n-ṣ-b).
Noun
نِصَاب • (niṣāb) m (plural نُصُب (nuṣub))
- begin, source
- quorum, minimum amount
- handle, grip
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [Yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʾaḥmad ibn al-ʿawwām], José Antonio Banqueri, editor, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 33, Art. 9, page 673:
- فإذا أَرَدتَ فتح عرق أو وداج فخذ المبضع بين إصبعك الإبهام والسبّابة كأخذك القلم للكتابة به وليكن نصابه في راحتك وتخرج من رأسه خارج طرفي إصبعك المذكورين قدر طول ظفر إبهامك وأقلّ من ذلك إلى قدر نصف ظفر إبهامك ثم أفتح العرق إلى فوق شقّا بليغا برفق وخفّة. وأمّا التوديج يالقضيب وهو معلوم فتركب فيه المبضع وتخرج من طرفه خارج من القضيب قدر طول ظفر إبهامك، ولا تعجل بالضرب بالمبضع حتّى تقف على العرق بعينه وخاصة الوداجين، ولا تودّج حتّى تستوثق من الدابّة بالشكل والزيار ليألُ يضطرب وتختنق الدابّة بالخناق خنقا شديدا ليدرّ العرق. فإنّ ذلك موضوع خبيث وإن جاوزت يدك ربّما أصاب المبضع عرق الماء وهو المريء الدابّة فقتله.
- If you want to open a vein or jugular, take the scalpel between your thumb and index finger, take it like you take the quill for writing with it, so that its grip is in your palm, and you turn away from its head outwith the two tips of your said fingers by a length of the nail of your thumb and less than that by a half of the nail of your thumb, then you open the vein upwards making a sufficient cut with gentleness and levity. And what concerns the cutting the jugular with the known rod, you mount the scalpel in it and you move away from the rod’s tip by the length of the nail of your thumb, but don’t hasten with hitting with the scalpel until you have discerned the vein by its eye, particularly the two jugulars, and don’t do a jugular cut until you have provided for the security of the beast by hopples and a twitch, so you do not agitate or suffocate the beast at its throat by excessive choking, so the vein flows with abundance. This part being particularly perilous, if your hand go to far then the scalpel could hit the water vein [or windpipe], that is the oesophaghus of the beast, and it would kill it.
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Declension
Declension of noun نِصَاب (niṣāb)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | نِصَاب niṣāb | النِّصَاب an-niṣāb | نِصَاب niṣāb | نِصَابَة niṣāba | النِّصَابَة an-niṣāba | نِصَابَة niṣābat |
| Nominative | نِصَابٌ niṣābun | النِّصَابُ an-niṣābu | نِصَابُ niṣābu | نِصَابَةٌ niṣābatun | النِّصَابَةُ an-niṣābatu | نِصَابَةُ niṣābatu |
| Accusative | نِصَابًا niṣāban | النِّصَابَ an-niṣāba | نِصَابَ niṣāba | نِصَابَةً niṣābatan | النِّصَابَةَ an-niṣābata | نِصَابَةَ niṣābata |
| Genitive | نِصَابٍ niṣābin | النِّصَابِ an-niṣābi | نِصَابِ niṣābi | نِصَابَةٍ niṣābatin | النِّصَابَةِ an-niṣābati | نِصَابَةِ niṣābati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | نِصَابَيْن niṣābayn | النِّصَابَيْن an-niṣābayn | نِصَابَيْ niṣābay | نِصَابَتَيْن niṣābatayn | النِّصَابَتَيْن an-niṣābatayn | نِصَابَتَيْ niṣābatay |
| Nominative | نِصَابَانِ niṣābāni | النِّصَابَانِ an-niṣābāni | نِصَابَا niṣābā | نِصَابَتَانِ niṣābatāni | النِّصَابَتَانِ an-niṣābatāni | نِصَابَتَا niṣābatā |
| Accusative | نِصَابَيْنِ niṣābayni | النِّصَابَيْنِ an-niṣābayni | نِصَابَيْ niṣābay | نِصَابَتَيْنِ niṣābatayni | النِّصَابَتَيْنِ an-niṣābatayni | نِصَابَتَيْ niṣābatay |
| Genitive | نِصَابَيْنِ niṣābayni | النِّصَابَيْنِ an-niṣābayni | نِصَابَيْ niṣābay | نِصَابَتَيْنِ niṣābatayni | النِّصَابَتَيْنِ an-niṣābatayni | نِصَابَتَيْ niṣābatay |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
| basic broken plural triptote | sound feminine plural | |||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | نُصُب nuṣub | النُّصُب an-nuṣub | نُصُب nuṣub | نِصَابَات niṣābāt | النِّصَابَات an-niṣābāt | نِصَابَات niṣābāt |
| Nominative | نُصُبٌ nuṣubun | النُّصُبُ an-nuṣubu | نُصُبُ nuṣubu | نِصَابَاتٌ niṣābātun | النِّصَابَاتُ an-niṣābātu | نِصَابَاتُ niṣābātu |
| Accusative | نُصُبًا nuṣuban | النُّصُبَ an-nuṣuba | نُصُبَ nuṣuba | نِصَابَاتٍ niṣābātin | النِّصَابَاتِ an-niṣābāti | نِصَابَاتِ niṣābāti |
| Genitive | نُصُبٍ nuṣubin | النُّصُبِ an-nuṣubi | نُصُبِ nuṣubi | نِصَابَاتٍ niṣābātin | النِّصَابَاتِ an-niṣābāti | نِصَابَاتِ niṣābāti |
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
نُصَابُ • (nuṣābu) (form IV)
- first-person plural non-past passive indicative of أَصَابَ (ʾaṣāba)
Verb
نُصَابَ • (nuṣāba) (form IV)
- first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive of أَصَابَ (ʾaṣāba)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic نِصَاب (niṣāb).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nɪ.sɑːb/
- Rhymes: -ɑːb
Noun
نِصاب • (nisāb) m (Hindi spelling निसाब)
- syllabus, curriculum
References
- “نصاب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “نصاب”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.