Nasb
Published: 2018-12-01Nasb or نسب in Arabic helps us to attribute/associate a person to particular country, city etc. Suppose we want to say this person is from Misr, we will say
هذا مصري
Where word مصري is made from word مصر by adding يّ known as ياء النسب in the end i.e.
مِصْرِ + يّ = مصري
Sometimes, Arab makes Nasb in فَعّال form. We mostly use this form in the names of people involved in a handicraft. For example,
حَدَّاد(blacksmith) fromحديدنجَّار(Carpentar)بَقَّال(Owner of Grocary)حذّاء(shoemaker)
Categories of Nasb
Nasb forms can only be made with Nouns (اسم) and is divided into following categories,
Category 1 Three letter nouns having ة مربوطة at end
Transformation Rule of Nasb: Remove the ة and add يّ
For example, we have
مكة=>مكّ=>مَكِّيّشجرة=>شجر=>شجرِيّحنيفة=>حنيف=>حنفِيّبصرة=>بصر=>بصريّ
إذا كان في آخر الاسم المنسوب تاء تأنيث يجب أن نحذفها
Category 2 Nouns having الاسم المقصور at end
Category 2a Three letter nouns having ا as third letter (إذا كان الألف الحرف الثالث)
Transformation Rule of Nasb: Turn ا into و and add يّ
For example, we have
فتى=>فتو=>فتوِيّربا=>ربو=>رِبَوِيّ
Category 2b Four letter nouns having ا as fourth letter (إذا كان الألف الحرف الرابع)
- If second letter has harakah (الحرف الثاني متحرك)
Transformation Rule of Nasb: Drop ا and addيّ
For example, we haveكنَدا=>كَنَد=>كندِيّ
If second letter has Sukun (الحرف الثاني ساكن)
Transformation Rule of Nasb (Option 1): Drop ا and add
يّ
For example, we have- ```حبلى``` => ```حبل``` => ```حُبْلِيّ``` - ```دنيا``` => ```دني``` => ```دنييّ```Transformation Rule of Nasb (Option 2): Turn ا into و and add
يّ
For example, we have- ```حبلى``` => ```حبلو``` => ```حُبْلَوِيّ``` - ```دنيا``` => ```دنيو``` => ```دنيويّ```
Category 2c Five letter nouns having ا as fifth letter (إذا كان الألف الحرف الخامس)
Transformation Rule of Nasb: Drop ا and add يّ
For example, we have
مصطفى=>مصطف=>مصطفِيّفرنسا=>فرنس=>فرنسيّ
Note: Same rule can be applied with words having ا as sixth letter or more than that