نصب

Root entry · 50 derived lemmas

The root 'نصب' primarily relates to the concepts of setting up, establishing, erecting, and placing. It extends to meanings of effort, hardship, fatigue, and disease, as well as designating something as a mark, goal, or portion. It also encompasses terms for specific objects, places, and even a historical religious/political group.

Derived headwords

نَصَبَ، كَفَرِحَverb

1.
to tire, exhaustboth
To cause someone to become weary or exhausted.

أَنْصَبَهُverb

1.
to tire, exhaustboth
To make someone tired or exhausted.

نَاصِبadjective

1.
tiring, exhaustingboth
Describing something that causes fatigue or hardship.
2.
industrious, diligentclassical
Describing a person who exerts effort and is diligent.

مَنْصِبnoun

1.
position, postmodern
A place of employment or a high-ranking position.
2.
origin, lineageclassical
A place of origin or a basis for lineage, often used in a genealogical context.

نَصَبَ الهَمّverb

1.
to trouble, afflictclassical
To cause worry or distress.

نَصَبَ الرَّجُلverb

1.
to exert oneself, striveclassical
For a man to exert himself or strive diligently.

عَيْشٌ نَاصِبadjective

1.
hardship, toilboth
A life characterized by difficulty and hard work.

ذُو مَنْصَبَةnoun

1.
hardship, toilclassical
A state of difficulty and exertion.

النَّصَبُ والنُّصُبُnoun

1.
illness, afflictionboth
A disease or a severe trial or tribulation.

نَصِبٌ، كَكَتِفٍadjective

1.
sick, ailingclassical
Describing someone who is ill or suffering from pain.

نَصَبَهُ المَرَضُverb

1.
to afflict with painboth
For illness to cause pain or suffering.

أَنْصَبَهُverb

1.
to afflict with painboth
To cause pain or suffering.

نَصَبَ الشَّيْءverb

1.
to set up, placeboth
To put something in an upright or fixed position.

نَصَبَ الشَّيْءَ، وَرَفَعَهُverb

1.
to set up, erectboth
To place something in an upright position, often the opposite of laying it down.

انْتَصَبَverb

1.
to stand up, be erectboth
To be in an upright or erect position.

تَنَصَّبَverb

1.
to stand up, be erectboth
To become erect or stand upright.

السَّيْرُ وَرَفَعَهُverb

1.
to travel at a moderate paceclassical
To travel for the entire day at a steady, moderate pace.

لِفُلَانٍverb

1.
to be hostile towardsclassical
To act as an enemy towards someone.

نَصَبَ الحَادِيverb

1.
to chant rhythmicallyclassical
For a camel driver to chant or sing in a specific style while driving.

لَهُ الحَرْبverb

1.
to wage warclassical
To initiate or engage in warfare.

كُلُّ مَا رُفِعَ وَاسْتُقْبِلَ بِهِ شَيْءٌnoun

1.
erected objectclassical
Anything that is set up or erected to face something else.

النَّصْبnoun

1.
erected object, bannerboth
A standard, banner, or any object that is set up.
2.
goal, targetclassical
A mark or a goal that is set up.
3.
grammatical termclassical
A term in Arabic grammar referring to a specific case ending, analogous to the 'fath' in building.

العَلَمُ المَنْصُوبُnoun

1.
erected sign, bannerboth
A standard or banner that has been set up.

القَافِيَةnoun

1.
poetic meter integrityclassical
In poetry, the integrity of the rhyme, free from corruption, similar to 'fath' in grammar.

نَصَبُ العَرَبِnoun

1.
type of songclassical
A type of song or melody used by the Arabs, lighter than 'hidaa'.

نُصُبٌ، بِضَمَّتَيْنnoun

1.
idol, deityboth
Anything set up as an object of worship, including idols or deities worshipped besides God.

الأَنْصَابnoun

1.
stones for sacrificeclassical
Stones around the Kaaba used for slaughtering sacrifices to other than God.
2.
boundaries of the Haramclassical
The boundary markers of the sacred precinct (Haram).

النَّصْبَةُ، بِالضَّمِّnoun

1.
pillar, columnboth
A pillar or column.

النَّصَائِبnoun

1.
stones around a basinclassical
Stones erected around a water basin, with gaps filled with mud.

نَاصَبَهُ الشَّرَّverb

1.
to show hostility, reveal evilboth
To openly display or show hostility or evil towards someone.

تَيْسٌ أَنْصَبadjective

1.
erect-hornedclassical
A male goat with erect horns.

نَاقَةٌ نَصْبَاءadjective

1.
high-chestedclassical
A female camel with a raised or prominent chest.

تَنَصَّبَ الغُرَابُverb

1.
to stand tallclassical
For a crow to stand in an upright or alert posture.

الأُتُنُ حَوْلَ الحِمَارِverb

1.
to stand aroundclassical
For female donkeys to stand around a male donkey.

مِنْبَرnoun

1.
pot standclassical
An iron stand on which a pot is placed.

النَّصِيبnoun

1.
share, portionmodern
A person's allotted share, fortune, or destiny.
2.
lot, destinyboth
One's fate or predetermined portion.
3.
water basinclassical
A water basin or cistern.
4.
set trap, snareclassical
A trap or snare that has been set up.

كَالنَّصْبِ، بِالكَسْرِnoun

1.
share, portionclassical
A share or portion, similar to 'nasib'.

زُبَيْرname

1.
poet's nameclassical
A name referring to a poet.

أَنْصَبَهُverb

1.
to assign a shareclassical
To give someone a portion or share.

النِّصَابnoun

1.
origin, sourceboth
The root, origin, or basis of something.
2.
reference pointclassical
A point of reference or a standard.
3.
sunsetclassical
The place where the sun sets.
4.
knife bladeclassical
The part of a knife that is inserted into the handle.
5.
Zakat thresholdclassical
The minimum amount of wealth upon which Zakat is obligatory.

المَنْصِبnoun

1.
origin, sourceclassical
The origin or basis of something.

النَّوَاصِبُ والنَّاصِبِيَّةُ وأَهْلُ النَّصْبِname

1.
sect hating Aliclassical
A religious sect that holds animosity towards Ali ibn Abi Talib.

الأَنَاصِيبُnoun

1.
landmarks, markersclassical
Signs, landmarks, or boundary markers.

التَّنَاصِيبُnoun

1.
landmarks, markersclassical
Signs, landmarks, or boundary markers.

النَّصَبُname

1.
horse's nameclassical
The name of a horse belonging to Huwayṣ ibn Bujayr.

نَصِيبُونَ، وَنَصِيبِينَname

1.
city nameclassical
The name of a city, the capital of Diyar Rabia.

ثَرًى مَنْصَبٌ، كَمَعْظَمٍadjective

1.
curly, frizzyclassical
Describing soil or earth that is curly or frizzy.

هَذَا نَصْبُ عَيْنِيnoun

1.
in front of my eyesboth
Something that is directly in front of one's eyes, clearly visible.

ثَغْرٌ مَنْصِبadjective

1.
evenly aligned teethclassical
Describing teeth that are evenly set or aligned.

ذَاتُ النَّصْبِ، بِالضَّمِّname

1.
place nameclassical
The name of a place near Medina.

Parallel reading

أعيا. وأنصبه.

It exhausted him. And it exhausted him.

وهم ناصب: منصب، على النسب، أو سمع: نصبه الهم: أتعبه، و الرجل: جد.

And they are 'naṣib': a position, by lineage, or heard: worry afflicted him: it tired him, and the man: he strove.

وعيش ناصب، وذو منصبة: فيه كد وجهد.

And a tiring life, and one of hardship: in it is toil and effort.

والنصب والنصب، وبضمتين: الداء والبلاء.

And 'an-naṣb' and 'an-nuṣb', and with two dammah: illness and affliction.

وككتف: المريض الوجع.

And like 'katif': the sick, the pained one.

ونصبه المرض ينصبه: أوجعه، كأنصبه، و الشيء: وضعه، ورفعه، ضد كنصبه فانتصب وتنصب

And illness afflicted him, causing him pain: it pained him, as if it afflicted him, and the thing: he placed it, and he raised it, the opposite of it being set up, so it stood up and became erect.

والسير رفعه: أو هو أن يسير طول يومه، وهو سير لين، و لفلان: عاداه، و الحادي: حدا ضربا من الحداء، و له الحرب: وضعها، وكل ما رفع واستقبل به شيء، فقد نصب، ونصب هو.

And the journey's pace: he raised it: or it is to travel for his whole day, and it is a gentle pace, and towards someone: he became hostile, and the camel driver: he chanted a type of chanting, and towards him the war: he laid it down, and everything that is raised and faces something, it has been set up, and it stood up.

والنصب: العلم المنصوب، ويحرك، والغاية، و في القوافي: أن تسلم القافية من الفساد، وهو في الإعراب كالفتح في البناء، اصطلاح نحوي.

And 'an-naṣb': the erected banner, and it is vocalized, and the goal, and in rhymes: that the rhyme is free from corruption, and it is in grammar like 'al-fath' in morphology, a grammatical convention.

ونصب العرب: ضرب من مغانيها، أرق من الحداء، وبضمتين: كل ما جعل علما، كالنصبة، وكل ما عبد من دون الله تعالى، كالنصب، بالضم.

And 'naṣab al-'arab': a type of their songs, lighter than 'al-ḥidā', and with two dammah: everything made a sign, like 'an-naṣbah', and everything worshipped besides God Almighty, like 'an-nuṣb', with dammah.

والأنصاب: حجارة كانت حول الكعبة تنصب فيهل عليها، ويذبح لغير الله تعالى، و من الحرم: حدوده.

And 'al-anṣāb': stones that were around the Kaaba, set up for sacrifices to be made upon them, and slaughtered for other than God Almighty, and from the Haram: its boundaries.

والنصبة، بالضم: السارية.

And 'an-naṣbah', with dammah: the pillar.

والنصائب: حجارة تنصب حول الحوض، ويسد ما بينها من الخصاص بالمدرة المعجونة.

And 'an-naṣā'ib': stones set up around the basin, and the gaps between them are filled with kneaded mud.

وناصبه الشر: أظهره له، كنصبه.

And he showed him evil: he revealed it to him, like he set it up.

وتيس أنصب: منتصب القرنين.

And an 'anṣab' goat: with erect horns.

وناقة نصباء: مرتفعة الصدر.

And a 'naṣbā'' she-camel: high-chested.

وتنصب الغراب: ارتفع، و الأتن حول الحمار: وقفت.

And the crow stood up: it became tall, and the female donkeys around the male donkey: they stood.

وكمنبر: حديد ينصب عليه القدر.

And like 'minbar': iron on which the pot is placed.

والنصيب: الحظ، كالنصب، بالكسر، ج: أنصباء وأنصبة، والحوض، والشرك المنصوب.

And 'an-naṣīb': the share, like 'an-naṣb', with kasrah, plural: 'anṣibā'' and 'anṣibah', and the basin, and the set snare.

وكزبير: شاعر.

And like 'Zubayr': a poet.

وأنصبه: جعل له نصيبا.

And he assigned him: he gave him a share.

والنصاب: الأصل، والمرجع، كالمنصب، ومغيب الشمس، وجزأة السكين، ج: ككتب، وقد أنصبها، و من المال: القدر الذي تجب فيه الزكاة، إذا بلغه، وفرس مالك بن نويرة.

And 'an-niṣāb': the origin, and the reference, like 'al-manṣib', and the sunset, and the part of the knife, plural: like 'kutub', and he made it reach its limit, and from wealth: the amount upon which Zakat is due, when it reaches it, and the horse of Malik bin Nuwayrah.

والنواصب والناصبية وأهل النصب: المتدينون ببغضة علي، رضي الله عنه، لأنهم نصبوا له، أي: عادوه.

And 'an-Nawāṣib' and 'an-Nāṣibiyyah' and 'Ahl al-Naṣb': those who practice hating Ali, may God be pleased with him, because they stood against him, meaning: they were hostile towards him.

والأناصيب: الأعلام، والصوى، كالتناصيب، وع.

And 'al-anāṣīb': the banners, and the cairns, like 'at-tanāṣīb', and 'ayn.

والنصب: فرس حويص بن بجير.

And 'an-Naṣb': the horse of Huwayṣ ibn Bujayr.

ونصيبون، ونصيبين: د، قاعدة ديار ربيعة، والنسبة إليه: نصيبني ونصيبي.

And 'Niṣībīn', and 'Niṣībīn': a city, the capital of Diyar Rabia, and the relation to it: 'Niṣībīnī' and 'Niṣībī'.

وثرى منصب، كمعظم: مجعد.

And 'manṣab' soil, like 'maʿẓam': curly.

وهذا نصب عيني، بالضم والفتح، أو الفتح لحن.

And this is 'naṣb 'aynī', with dammah and fath, or fath is an error.

وثغر منصب: مستوي النبتة.

And an 'manṣab' set of teeth: evenly grown.

وذات النصب، بالضم: ع قرب المدينة.

And 'Dhāt an-Nuṣb', with dammah: a spring near the city.