مناسبة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن س ب (n s b)
17 terms

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

Noun

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

verbal noun of نَاسَبَ (nāsaba, “to suit, to fit”) (form III)
fitness, suitability
correspondence, analogy, proportionality
worthiness
relationship, kinship
relation
connection, link
occasion, opportunity

Declension

Declension of noun **مُنَاسَبَة** (munāsaba)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُنَاسَبَة munāsaba	الْمُنَاسَبَة al-munāsaba	مُنَاسَبَة munāsabat
nominative	مُنَاسَبَةٌ munāsabatun	الْمُنَاسَبَةُ al-munāsabatu	مُنَاسَبَةُ munāsabatu
accusative	مُنَاسَبَةً munāsabatan	الْمُنَاسَبَةَ al-munāsabata	مُنَاسَبَةَ munāsabata
genitive	مُنَاسَبَةٍ munāsabatin	الْمُنَاسَبَةِ al-munāsabati	مُنَاسَبَةِ munāsabati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُنَاسَبَتَيْن munāsabatayn	الْمُنَاسَبَتَيْن al-munāsabatayn	مُنَاسَبَتَيْ munāsabatay
nominative	مُنَاسَبَتَانِ munāsabatāni	الْمُنَاسَبَتَانِ al-munāsabatāni	مُنَاسَبَتَا munāsabatā
accusative	مُنَاسَبَتَيْنِ munāsabatayni	الْمُنَاسَبَتَيْنِ al-munāsabatayni	مُنَاسَبَتَيْ munāsabatay
genitive	مُنَاسَبَتَيْنِ munāsabatayni	الْمُنَاسَبَتَيْنِ al-munāsabatayni	مُنَاسَبَتَيْ munāsabatay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُنَاسَبَات munāsabāt	الْمُنَاسَبَات al-munāsabāt	مُنَاسَبَات munāsabāt
nominative	مُنَاسَبَاتٌ munāsabātun	الْمُنَاسَبَاتُ al-munāsabātu	مُنَاسَبَاتُ munāsabātu
accusative	مُنَاسَبَاتٍ munāsabātin	الْمُنَاسَبَاتِ al-munāsabāti	مُنَاسَبَاتِ munāsabāti
genitive	مُنَاسَبَاتٍ munāsabātin	الْمُنَاسَبَاتِ al-munāsabāti	مُنَاسَبَاتِ munāsabāti

Derived terms

بِمُنَاسَبَةِ (bi-munāsabati, “with reference to, on the occasion of”)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: münasibət
→ Bashkir: мөнәсәбәт (mönəsəbət)
→ Chagatai: مناسبت
- Uyghur: مۇناسىۋەت (munasiwet)
- Uzbek: munosabat
Malay: munasabah
→ Ottoman Turkish: مناسبت (münasebet)
- Turkish: münasebet
- Crimean Tatar: munasebet
→ Classical Persian: مناسبت (munāsabat)
- Iranian Persian: مناسبت (monâsebat)
- Tajik: муносибат (munosibat)
- → Urdu: مناسبت (munāsabat)
→ Turkmen: mynasybet

References

Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “نسب”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مناسبة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], 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

Etymology 2

Adjective

مُنَاسِبَة • (munāsiba) f

feminine singular of مُنَاسِب (munāsib)