مناسبة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن س ب (n-s-b)

Verbal noun of نَاسَبَ (nāsaba, to suit, to fit).

Noun

مُنَاسَبَة • (munāsaba) f (plural مُنَاسَبَات (munāsabāt))

  1. verbal noun of نَاسَبَ (nāsaba, to suit, to fit) (form III)
  2. fitness, suitability
  3. correspondence, analogy, proportionality
  4. worthiness
  5. relationship, kinship
  6. relation
  7. connection, link
  8. occasion, opportunity
Declension
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References
  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “نسب”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مناسبة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نسب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Adjective

مُنَاسِبَة • (munāsiba) f

  1. feminine singular of مُنَاسِب (munāsib)
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