نقيب

See also: نفيت

Arabic

Root
ن ق ب (n q b)
11 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.qiːb/
• Rhymes: -iːb

Noun

نَقِيب • (naqīb) m (plural نُقَبَاء (nuqabāʔ))

1. (military) captain
2. leader, chief
3. magistrate, head of a community
4. prefect, governor
5. intelligent man
6. master of ceremonies
7. tongue of a balance
8. pipe, flute

Declension

Declension of noun نَقِيب (naqīb)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نَقِيب naqīb	النَّقِيب an-naqīb	نَقِيب naqīb
nominative	نَقِيبٌ naqībun	النَّقِيبُ an-naqību	نَقِيبُ naqību
accusative	نَقِيبًا naqīban	النَّقِيبَ an-naqība	نَقِيبَ naqība
genitive	نَقِيبٍ naqībin	النَّقِيبِ an-naqībi	نَقِيبِ naqībi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نَقِيبَيْن naqībayn	النَّقِيبَيْن an-naqībayn	نَقِيبَيْ naqībay
nominative	نَقِيبَانِ naqībāni	النَّقِيبَانِ an-naqībāni	نَقِيبَا naqībā
accusative	نَقِيبَيْنِ naqībayni	النَّقِيبَيْنِ an-naqībayni	نَقِيبَيْ naqībay
genitive	نَقِيبَيْنِ naqībayni	النَّقِيبَيْنِ an-naqībayni	نَقِيبَيْ naqībay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نُقَبَاء nuqabāʔ	النُّقَبَاء an-nuqabāʔ	نُقَبَاء nuqabāʔ
nominative	نُقَبَاءُ nuqabāʔu	النُّقَبَاءُ an-nuqabāʔu	نُقَبَاءُ nuqabāʔu
accusative	نُقَبَاءَ nuqabāʔa	النُّقَبَاءَ an-nuqabāʔa	نُقَبَاءَ nuqabāʔa
genitive	نُقَبَاءَ nuqabāʔa	النُّقَبَاءِ an-nuqabāʔi	نُقَبَاءِ nuqabāʔi

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: نقیب (nakîb)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “نقيب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 1139