انتصاب

Arabic

Root
ن ص ب (n ṣ b)
13 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِنْتَصَبَ (intaṣaba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.ti.sˤaːb/

Noun

اِنْتِصَاب • (intiṣābm

  1. verbal noun of اِنْتَصَبَ (intaṣaba) (form VIII)
  2. being upright, standing upright
  3. (physiology) erection

Declension

Declension of noun اِنْتِصَاب (intiṣāb)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal اِنْتِصَاب
intiṣāb
الِانْتِصَاب
al-intiṣāb
اِنْتِصَاب
intiṣāb
nominative اِنْتِصَابٌ
intiṣābun
الِانْتِصَابُ
al-intiṣābu
اِنْتِصَابُ
intiṣābu
accusative اِنْتِصَابًا
intiṣāban
الِانْتِصَابَ
al-intiṣāba
اِنْتِصَابَ
intiṣāba
genitive اِنْتِصَابٍ
intiṣābin
الِانْتِصَابِ
al-intiṣābi
اِنْتِصَابِ
intiṣābi

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: intisab
  • Persian: انتصاب
  • Ottoman Turkish: انتصاب (intisab)
  • Tajik: интисоб (intisob)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِصَاب (intiṣāb).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰɪ.sɑ́ːb]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰɪ.sɑ́ːb]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔin̪.t̪ʰi.sɔ́ːb̥]

Readings
Classical reading? intisāb
Dari reading? intisāb
Iranian reading? entesâb
Tajik reading? intisob

Noun

Dari انتصاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik интисоб

انتصاب • (entesâb) (plural انتصابات (entesâbât))

  1. appointment (to a post); designation
    Synonym: تعیین (ta'yin)
    انتصاب سفیر جدید ایران در مالزی
    entesâb-e safir-e jadid-e irân dar mâlezi
    appointment of a new Iranian ambassador in Malaysia

Derived terms

  • انتصاب کردن (entesâb kardan, to appoint)