نسبة

Arabic
Root
ن س ب (n-s-b)

Etymology 1

Verbal noun of نَسَبَ (nasaba).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nis.ba/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

نِسْبَة • (nisba) f (plural نِسَب (nisab))

  1. verbal noun of نَسَبَ (nasaba) (form I)
  2. relationship, affiliation
  3. connection, relation
  4. agreement
  5. ratio, proportion
  6. rate
    اِنْخَفَضَتْ نِسْبَةُ ٱلْبِطَالَةِ فِي ٱلسَّنَوَاتِ ٱلْأَخِيرَةِ.
    inḵafaḍat nisbatu l-biṭālati fī s-sanawāti l-ʔaḵīrati.
    The unemployment rate has decreased in recent years.
  7. percentage
    تَدْرُسُ نِسْبَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ مِنَ ٱلشَّبَابِ فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ.
    tadrusu nisbatun kabīratun mina š-šabābi fī l-ḵāriji.
    A big percentage of young people study abroad.
  8. (grammar) nisba, a common suffix to form adjectives of relation or pertinence, e.g. ـي (-ī, -iyy) m and ـيَة (-íyya) f.
Declension
Declension of noun نِسْبَة (nisba)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نِسْبَة
nisba		 النِّسْبَة
an-nisba		 نِسْبَة
nisbat
Nominative نِسْبَةٌ
nisbatun		 النِّسْبَةُ
an-nisbatu		 نِسْبَةُ
nisbatu
Accusative نِسْبَةً
nisbatan		 النِّسْبَةَ
an-nisbata		 نِسْبَةَ
nisbata
Genitive نِسْبَةٍ
nisbatin		 النِّسْبَةِ
an-nisbati		 نِسْبَةِ
nisbati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نِسْبَتَيْن
nisbatayn		 النِّسْبَتَيْن
an-nisbatayn		 نِسْبَتَيْ
nisbatay
Nominative نِسْبَتَانِ
nisbatāni		 النِّسْبَتَانِ
an-nisbatāni		 نِسْبَتَا
nisbatā
Accusative نِسْبَتَيْنِ
nisbatayni		 النِّسْبَتَيْنِ
an-nisbatayni		 نِسْبَتَيْ
nisbatay
Genitive نِسْبَتَيْنِ
nisbatayni		 النِّسْبَتَيْنِ
an-nisbatayni		 نِسْبَتَيْ
nisbatay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نِسَب
nisab		 النِّسَب
an-nisab		 نِسَب
nisab
Nominative نِسَبٌ
nisabun		 النِّسَبُ
an-nisabu		 نِسَبُ
nisabu
Accusative نِسَبًا
nisaban		 النِّسَبَ
an-nisaba		 نِسَبَ
nisaba
Genitive نِسَبٍ
nisabin		 النِّسَبِ
an-nisabi		 نِسَبِ
nisabi
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: nisbət
  • → Bashkir: нисбәт (nisbət)
  • → English: nisba
  • → German: Nisbe
  • → Malay: nisbah
  • → Ottoman Turkish: نسبت (nisbet)
  • → Persian: نسبه (nesbe)
  • → Russian: ни́сба (nísba)
  • → Tajik: нисба (nisba)
  • → Uyghur: نىسبەت (nisbet)
  • → Uzbek: nisbat

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative of نِسْبَة (nisba, “relationship”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nis.ba.tan/

Adverb

نِسْبَةً • (nisbatan)

  1. in proportion to, in comparison with
  2. in allusion to, after (as in "named after")
    جَامِع الفَاتِح سُمِّى نِسْبَةً للسُّلْطَان مُحَمَّد الفَاتِح ― Fatih Mosque was named after the sultan Mehmed the Conqueror.
Descendants

South Levantine Arabic
Root
ن س ب
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نِسْبَة (nisba).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nis.be/, [ˈnɪs.be]
  • IPA(key): /nis.ba/, [ˈnɪs.ba]
  • Audio (Ramallah)(file)

Noun

نسبة • (nisbe) f

  1. relation, proportion, ration
  2. extent, degree, rate

Derived terms
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