متناسب

Arabic

Root
ن س ب (n-s-b)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of تَنَاسَبَ (tanāsaba, “to be proportional”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ta.naː.sib/

Adjective

مُتَنَاسِب • (mutanāsib) (feminine مُتَنَاسِبَة (mutanāsiba), masculine plural مُتَنَاسِبُونَ (mutanāsibūna), feminine plural مُتَنَاسِبَات (mutanāsibāt))

1. active participle of تَنَاسَبَ (tanāsaba)
2. proportional
3. appropriate

Declension

Declension of adjective مُتَنَاسِب (mutanāsib)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُتَنَاسِب mutanāsib	الْمُتَنَاسِب al-mutanāsib	مُتَنَاسِبَة mutanāsiba	الْمُتَنَاسِبَة al-mutanāsiba
Nominative	مُتَنَاسِبٌ mutanāsibun	الْمُتَنَاسِبُ al-mutanāsibu	مُتَنَاسِبَةٌ mutanāsibatun	الْمُتَنَاسِبَةُ al-mutanāsibatu
Accusative	مُتَنَاسِبًا mutanāsiban	الْمُتَنَاسِبَ al-mutanāsiba	مُتَنَاسِبَةً mutanāsibatan	الْمُتَنَاسِبَةَ al-mutanāsibata
Genitive	مُتَنَاسِبٍ mutanāsibin	الْمُتَنَاسِبِ al-mutanāsibi	مُتَنَاسِبَةٍ mutanāsibatin	الْمُتَنَاسِبَةِ al-mutanāsibati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُتَنَاسِبَيْن mutanāsibayn	الْمُتَنَاسِبَيْن al-mutanāsibayn	مُتَنَاسِبَتَيْن mutanāsibatayn	الْمُتَنَاسِبَتَيْن al-mutanāsibatayn
Nominative	مُتَنَاسِبَانِ mutanāsibāni	الْمُتَنَاسِبَانِ al-mutanāsibāni	مُتَنَاسِبَتَانِ mutanāsibatāni	الْمُتَنَاسِبَتَانِ al-mutanāsibatāni
Accusative	مُتَنَاسِبَيْنِ mutanāsibayni	الْمُتَنَاسِبَيْنِ al-mutanāsibayni	مُتَنَاسِبَتَيْنِ mutanāsibatayni	الْمُتَنَاسِبَتَيْنِ al-mutanāsibatayni
Genitive	مُتَنَاسِبَيْنِ mutanāsibayni	الْمُتَنَاسِبَيْنِ al-mutanāsibayni	مُتَنَاسِبَتَيْنِ mutanāsibatayni	الْمُتَنَاسِبَتَيْنِ al-mutanāsibatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُتَنَاسِبِين mutanāsibīn	الْمُتَنَاسِبِين al-mutanāsibīn	مُتَنَاسِبَات mutanāsibāt	الْمُتَنَاسِبَات al-mutanāsibāt
Nominative	مُتَنَاسِبُونَ mutanāsibūna	الْمُتَنَاسِبُونَ al-mutanāsibūna	مُتَنَاسِبَاتٌ mutanāsibātun	الْمُتَنَاسِبَاتُ al-mutanāsibātu
Accusative	مُتَنَاسِبِينَ mutanāsibīna	الْمُتَنَاسِبِينَ al-mutanāsibīna	مُتَنَاسِبَاتٍ mutanāsibātin	الْمُتَنَاسِبَاتِ al-mutanāsibāti
Genitive	مُتَنَاسِبِينَ mutanāsibīna	الْمُتَنَاسِبِينَ al-mutanāsibīna	مُتَنَاسِبَاتٍ mutanāsibātin	الْمُتَنَاسِبَاتِ al-mutanāsibāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mütənasib
• → Persian: متناسب
  • → Urdu: متناسب
• → Ottoman Turkish: متناسب (mütenasib)
  • → Turkish: mütenasip
• → Uzbek: mutanosib

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُتَنَاسِب (mutanāsib).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.ta.nɑː.ˈsiβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.nɑː.sɪ́b]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.nɑː.sɪ́b]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.nɑː.sɪ́b]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.t̪ʰä.nɔː.síb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.t̪ʰæ.nɒː.séb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.t̪ʰä.nɔ.síb]

Readings
Classical reading?	mutanāsiḇ
Dari reading?	mutanāsib
Iranian reading?	motanâseb
Tajik reading?	mutanosib

Adjective

متناسب • (motanâseb)

1. proportional, proportionate
2. appropriate, suitable

   Synonym: مناسب (monâseb)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “متناسب”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “متناسب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim