نسب

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns lineage, kinship, and ancestry. It extends to the act of tracing or stating one's lineage, attributing something to someone, and the concept of relationship or connection. It also has specialized meanings related to poetry and descriptive language.

Derived headwords

النَّسَبnoun

1.
lineage, ancestryboth
The one of the lineages; kinship or relation, especially through fathers.
2.
genealogyboth
The act of tracing one's lineage by mentioning fathers, tribes, or places.

النِّسْبَةnoun

1.
relation, connectionboth
Kinship, or a close relationship, often used metaphorically.
2.
ratiomodern
A measure or proportion between two things.
3.
attributionboth
The act of attributing or assigning something to someone.

اِسْتَنْسَبَverb

1.
to state one's lineageboth
To mention one's lineage, to introduce oneself by stating one's ancestry or tribal affiliation.

النَّسِيبnoun

1.
kinsmanboth
One who is related by kinship; a relative.
2.
erotic poetry, preludeclassical
A prelude in poetry that describes women, their beauty, or expresses romantic feelings, often at the beginning of a poem.

نَسَبَverb

1.
to attribute, to ascribeboth
To attribute or ascribe something to someone or something.
2.
to trace lineageboth
To trace someone's lineage back to a grandfather or ancestor.

نَسَبَ بِـverb

1.
to praise (a woman) in poetryclassical
To praise or describe a woman in poetry, often focusing on her beauty or youth; to engage in erotic prelude.

اِنْتَسَبَverb

1.
to claim kinshipboth
To claim a relationship or connection to someone or something; to associate oneself with.
2.
to trace lineageboth
To trace one's lineage or ancestry.

نَاسَبَverb

1.
to share kinshipboth
To share kinship or a close relationship with someone.
2.
to be suitable, to matchboth
To be similar or compatible with something; to match.

النَّسَّابnoun

1.
genealogistboth
An expert or scholar of lineage and genealogy.

النَّسَّابَةnoun

1.
expert genealogistboth
An extremely skilled or authoritative genealogist, often used for praise.
2.
kinship, relationclassical
A term for kinship or relation, used for exaggeration.

مَنْسُوبadjective

1.
attributed, ascribedboth
Something that is attributed or ascribed to someone.
2.
related by lineageboth
Related by kinship or ancestry.
3.
poetic preludeclassical
Poetry containing erotic prelude or romantic themes.

أَنْسَبَverb

1.
to intensify (wind)classical
Used for wind when it intensifies and lifts dust and pebbles.

النِّيسبnoun

1.
straight pathclassical
A straight and clear path.
2.
ant trailclassical
A visible trail made by ants, or a path for ants, snakes, or wild donkeys.

النِّيسبَانnoun

1.
narrow pathclassical
A narrow or winding path, similar to an ant trail.

مُنَاسَبَةnoun

1.
suitability, appropriatenessboth
The state of being suitable, fitting, or appropriate; compatibility.
2.
occasionmodern
An event or circumstance that provides an opportunity for something.

نَسِيبَةname

1.
name of womenboth
A proper name for women, borne by several female companions (Sahabiyat).

أَنْسَبname

1.
name of a fortressclassical
The name of a fortress located in Yemen.

تَنَسَّبَverb

1.
to claim to be relatedboth
To claim that one is related to someone, often falsely or without true connection.

مَنْسَبnoun

1.
place of originclassical
A place from which someone or something originates or is attributed.

نَسِيبname

1.
titleclassical
A title or nickname for a famous hadith narrator, Abu al-Qasim al-Dimashqi.

Parallel reading

النسب، محركة: واحد الأنساب

Al-nasab (vowels: fatha, sukun): the singular of al-ansab (lineages).

النسبة، بالكسر والضم: القرابة، أو هو في الآباء خاصة

Al-nisbah (vowels: kasra and damma): kinship, or it is specifically through fathers.

بينهما نسبة قريبة

There is a close relationship between them.

يقال للرجل، إذا سئل عن نسبه: استنسب لنا، أي: انتسب لنا، حتى نعرفك

When a man is asked about his lineage, it is said to him: 'State your lineage for us,' meaning, 'Introduce yourself to us so we may know you.'

رجل نسيب: أي ذو الحسب والنسب

A man is nasib: meaning, possessing honor and lineage.

نسبه، ينسبه بالضم، نسبا بفتح فسكون، ونسبة بالكسر: عزاه

Nasabahu, yansubuhu (damma): nasaban (fatha, sukun), and nisbatan (kasra): he attributed it.

نسبه، ينسبه بالكسر، نسبا محركة

Nasabahu, yansubuhu (kasra), nasaban (vowels: fatha, sukun).

نسبت فلانا، أنسبه، بالضم، نسبا: إذا رفعت في نسبه إلى جده الأكبر

I traced so-and-so back, unsubuhu (damma), nasaban: if you traced his lineage back to his great-grandfather.

انتسب إلى أبيه: اعتزى

He traced his lineage to his father: he claimed kinship.

إنها نسبتنا، فانتسبنا لها

She is our lineage, so we traced our lineage to her.

ناسبه: شركه في نسبه

He shared kinship with him: he made him a partner in his lineage.

نسب الشاعر بالمرأة، ينسب بالكسر، ... شبب بها في الشعر

The poet praised the woman, yansibu (kasra), ... he praised her erotically in poetry.

النسيب، والنسب: هو الغزل في الشعر

Al-nasib, and al-nasab: it is the erotic prelude in poetry.

وكان رجلا نسابة

And he was a man of great genealogical knowledge.

هذا الشعر أنسب أي أرق نسيبا وتشبيبا

This poetry is more appropriate, meaning it has a more delicate prelude and erotic theme.

أنسبت الريح: إذا اشتدت واستافت، أي: شالت التراب والحصى من شدتها

The wind ansabat: if it intensified and lifted, meaning, it lifted dust and pebbles due to its intensity.

النيسب، كحيدر: الطريق المستقيم الواضح

Al-nisb, like haydar: the straight, clear path.

النيسب: الذي تراه كالطريق من النمل نفسها

Al-nisb: what you see as a path made by the ants themselves.

خط منسوب: أي ذو قاعدة

A line is mansub: meaning, having a base.

شعر منسوب: أي فيه نسيب وتغزل

Poetry is mansub: meaning, it contains erotic prelude and romantic themes.

القريب من تقرب، لا من تنسب

The close one is he who draws near [through affection], not he who claims kinship.

بينهما مناسبة وتناسب: أي مشاكلة وتشاكل

Between them is munāsabah and tanāsub: meaning, similarity and matching.

نيسب فلان بينهما نيسبة: إذا أقبل وأدبر بالنميمة، وغيرها

So-and-so nisaba between them: if he went back and forth with gossip and other things.