نسبة

Arabic

Root
ن س ب (n-s-b)

Etymology 1

Verbal noun of نَسَبَ (nasaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nis.ba/

• Audio

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Noun

نِسْبَة • (nisba) f (plural نِسَب (nisab))

1. verbal noun of نَسَبَ (nasaba) (form I)
2. relationship, affiliation
3. connection, relation
4. agreement
5. ratio, proportion
6. rate

   اِنْخَفَضَتْ نِسْبَةُ ٱلْبِطَالَةِ فِي ٱلسَّنَوَاتِ ٱلْأَخِيرَةِ.

   inḵafaḍat nisbatu l-biṭālati fī s-sanawāti l-ʔaḵīrati.

   The unemployment rate has decreased in recent years.

7. percentage

   تَدْرُسُ نِسْبَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ مِنَ ٱلشَّبَابِ فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ.

   tadrusu nisbatun kabīratun mina š-šabābi fī l-ḵāriji.

   A big percentage of young people study abroad.

8. (grammar) nisba, a common suffix to form adjectives of relation or pertinence, e.g. ـي (-ī, -iyy) m and ـيَة (-íyya) f.

Declension

Declension of noun نِسْبَة (nisba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نِسْبَة nisba	النِّسْبَة an-nisba	نِسْبَة nisbat
Nominative	نِسْبَةٌ nisbatun	النِّسْبَةُ an-nisbatu	نِسْبَةُ nisbatu
Accusative	نِسْبَةً nisbatan	النِّسْبَةَ an-nisbata	نِسْبَةَ nisbata
Genitive	نِسْبَةٍ nisbatin	النِّسْبَةِ an-nisbati	نِسْبَةِ nisbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نِسْبَتَيْن nisbatayn	النِّسْبَتَيْن an-nisbatayn	نِسْبَتَيْ nisbatay
Nominative	نِسْبَتَانِ nisbatāni	النِّسْبَتَانِ an-nisbatāni	نِسْبَتَا nisbatā
Accusative	نِسْبَتَيْنِ nisbatayni	النِّسْبَتَيْنِ an-nisbatayni	نِسْبَتَيْ nisbatay
Genitive	نِسْبَتَيْنِ nisbatayni	النِّسْبَتَيْنِ an-nisbatayni	نِسْبَتَيْ nisbatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نِسَب nisab	النِّسَب an-nisab	نِسَب nisab
Nominative	نِسَبٌ nisabun	النِّسَبُ an-nisabu	نِسَبُ nisabu
Accusative	نِسَبًا nisaban	النِّسَبَ an-nisaba	نِسَبَ nisaba
Genitive	نِسَبٍ nisabin	النِّسَبِ an-nisabi	نِسَبِ nisabi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: nisbət
• → Bashkir: нисбәт (nisbət)
• → English: nisba
• → German: Nisbe
• → Malay: nisbah
• → Ottoman Turkish: نسبت (nisbet)
  • Turkish: nisbet
  • → Albanian: nisbet
• → Persian: نسبه (nesbe)
• → Russian: ни́сба (nísba)
• → Tajik: нисба (nisba)
• → Uyghur: نىسبەت (nisbet)
• → Uzbek: nisbat

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative of نِسْبَة (nisba, “relationship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nis.ba.tan/

Adverb

نِسْبَةً • (nisbatan)

1. in proportion to, in comparison with
2. in allusion to, after (as in "named after")

   جَامِع الفَاتِح سُمِّى نِسْبَةً للسُّلْطَان مُحَمَّد الفَاتِح ― Fatih Mosque was named after the sultan Mehmed the Conqueror.

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: nisbətən
• → Ottoman Turkish: نسبةً‎ (nisbeten)
  • → Turkish: nispeten
  • → Crimean Tatar: nisbeten
• → Uyghur: نىسبەتەن (nisbeten)
• → Uzbek: nisbatan

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن س ب
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نِسْبَة (nisba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nis.be/, [ˈnɪs.be]
• IPA^(key): /nis.ba/, [ˈnɪs.ba]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

نسبة • (nisbe) f

1. relation, proportion, ration
2. extent, degree, rate

Derived terms

• بالنسبة (bin-nisbe, “concerning, regarding”)