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

Declension of noun مُنَاسَبَة (munāsaba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	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
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُبَاسَبَات mubāsabāt	الْمُبَاسَبَات al-mubāsabāt	مُبَاسَبَات mubāsabāt
Nominative	مُبَاسَبَاتٌ mubāsabātun	الْمُبَاسَبَاتُ al-mubāsabātu	مُبَاسَبَاتُ mubāsabātu
Accusative	مُبَاسَبَاتٍ mubāsabātin	الْمُبَاسَبَاتِ al-mubāsabāti	مُبَاسَبَاتِ mubāsabāti
Genitive	مُبَاسَبَاتٍ mubāsabātin	الْمُبَاسَبَاتِ al-mubāsabāti	مُبَاسَبَاتِ mubāsabāti

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
• → 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

1. feminine singular of مُنَاسِب (munāsib)