nasab

English

Etymology

Arabic نسب (literally “lineage”)

Noun

nasab (plural nasabs)

1. An Arab patronymic or matronymic.

Maltese

Root
n-s-b
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نَصَبَ (naṣaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.sap/

Verb

nasab (imperfect jonsob, past participle minsub, verbal noun nsib)

1. (intransitive with għal) to hunt for birds by trapping
2. (transitive) to set (a trap)
3. (transitive, figurative) to trick, frame, to try to cheat by means of a ruse

Conjugation

Conjugation of nasab
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	nsabt	nsabt	nasab		nsabna	nsabtu	nasbu
	f			nasbet
imperfect	m	nonsob	tonsob	jonsob		nonsbu	tonsbu	jonsbu
	f			tonsob
imperative			onsob				onsbu