نوبة
Arabic
Etymology
Verbal noun of the verb نَابَ (nāba, “to afflict, to occur”).
Noun
نَوْبَة • (nawba) f (plural نَوْبَات (nawbāt) or نُوَب (nuwab))
- change, alteration, shift, rotation
- turn (one’s turn)
- time, instance, case, occasion
- fit, paroxysm, attack
- crisis
- change of the guard, guard duty
- 1835, كتاب القوانين الداخلية المتعلق بمشاة عساكر الجهادية, قانون ٣٤٠, page 80:
- ضباط الصف والأنفار الذين بصدد الخروج من القشلة يشرع كل واحد منهم في لبس قيافته المقننة بعد ضرب نوبة الجمعية.
- Field officers and units which are about to leave the barracks are required each one to wear the prescribed apparel after taking up joint guard duty.
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- bugle call
- (Syria) troupe of musicians, small native orchestra
- Synonyms: جَوْقَة (jawqa), فِرْقَة (firqa)
Declension
Declension of noun نَوْبَة (nawba)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نَوْبَة nawba | النَّوْبَة an-nawba | نَوْبَة nawbat |
Nominative | نَوْبَةٌ nawbatun | النَّوْبَةُ an-nawbatu | نَوْبَةُ nawbatu |
Accusative | نَوْبَةً nawbatan | النَّوْبَةَ an-nawbata | نَوْبَةَ nawbata |
Genitive | نَوْبَةٍ nawbatin | النَّوْبَةِ an-nawbati | نَوْبَةِ nawbati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | نَوْبَتَيْن nawbatayn | النَّوْبَتَيْن an-nawbatayn | نَوْبَتَيْ nawbatay |
Nominative | نَوْبَتَانِ nawbatāni | النَّوْبَتَانِ an-nawbatāni | نَوْبَتَا nawbatā |
Accusative | نَوْبَتَيْنِ nawbatayni | النَّوْبَتَيْنِ an-nawbatayni | نَوْبَتَيْ nawbatay |
Genitive | نَوْبَتَيْنِ nawbatayni | النَّوْبَتَيْنِ an-nawbatayni | نَوْبَتَيْ nawbatay |
Plural | sound feminine plural; basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نَوْبَات; نُوَب nawbāt; nuwab | النَّوْبَات; النُّوَب an-nawbāt; an-nuwab | نَوْبَات; نُوَب nawbāt; nuwab |
Nominative | نَوْبَاتٌ; نُوَبٌ nawbātun; nuwabun | النَّوْبَاتُ; النُّوَبُ an-nawbātu; an-nuwabu | نَوْبَاتُ; نُوَبُ nawbātu; nuwabu |
Accusative | نَوْبَاتٍ; نُوَبًا nawbātin; nuwaban | النَّوْبَاتِ; النُّوَبَ an-nawbāti; an-nuwaba | نَوْبَاتِ; نُوَبَ nawbāti; nuwaba |
Genitive | نَوْبَاتٍ; نُوَبٍ nawbātin; nuwabin | النَّوْبَاتِ; النُّوَبِ an-nawbāti; an-nuwabi | نَوْبَاتِ; نُوَبِ nawbāti; nuwabi |
Descendants
- Maltese: newba
- → Azerbaijani: növbə
- → French: nouba
- → Middle Armenian: նոպայ (nopay)
- → Armenian: նոպա (nopa)
- → Ottoman Turkish: نوبت (nevbet, nöbet)
- Turkish: nöbet
- → Persian: نوبت (nowbat)
- → Bengali: নওবৎ (noubot)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: नौबत (naubat)
- Urdu: نوبت (naubat)
- → Punjabi: نَوْبَت (naubat)
- → Russian: наба́т (nabát)
- → Sindhi: نوبت
- → Uzbek: navbat
Noun
نُوبَة • (nūba) f (plural نُوَب (nuwab))
- misfortune, calamity, mishap, misadventure, accident, reversal
- a musical suite in Arabic music, particularly in the Andalusian tradition as well as elsewhere in the Maghreb
Declension
Declension of noun نُوبَة (nūba)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نُوبَة nūba | النُّوبَة an-nūba | نُوبَة nūbat |
Nominative | نُوبَةٌ nūbatun | النُّوبَةُ an-nūbatu | نُوبَةُ nūbatu |
Accusative | نُوبَةً nūbatan | النُّوبَةَ an-nūbata | نُوبَةَ nūbata |
Genitive | نُوبَةٍ nūbatin | النُّوبَةِ an-nūbati | نُوبَةِ nūbati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | نُوبَتَيْن nūbatayn | النُّوبَتَيْن an-nūbatayn | نُوبَتَيْ nūbatay |
Nominative | نُوبَتَانِ nūbatāni | النُّوبَتَانِ an-nūbatāni | نُوبَتَا nūbatā |
Accusative | نُوبَتَيْنِ nūbatayni | النُّوبَتَيْنِ an-nūbatayni | نُوبَتَيْ nūbatay |
Genitive | نُوبَتَيْنِ nūbatayni | النُّوبَتَيْنِ an-nūbatayni | نُوبَتَيْ nūbatay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نُوَب nuwab | النُّوَب an-nuwab | نُوَب nuwab |
Nominative | نُوَبٌ nuwabun | النُّوَبُ an-nuwabu | نُوَبُ nuwabu |
Accusative | نُوَبًا nuwaban | النُّوَبَ an-nuwaba | نُوَبَ nuwaba |
Genitive | نُوَبٍ nuwabin | النُّوَبِ an-nuwabi | نُوَبِ nuwabi |
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “نوبة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN