نصب

From the root ن ص ب‎ (n-ṣ-b).

نَصَبَ • (naṣaba) I, non-past يَنْصُبُ‎ or يَنْصِبُ‎‎ (yanṣubu or yanṣibu)

1. (transitive) to set up, to lay, to erect, to raise, to build

   ‏‫نَصَبَ نَفْسَهُ لِشَيْءٍ‬‎

   ‫naṣaba nafsahu lišayʔin‬

   to dedicate oneself to sth

2. (transitive, grammar) to raise the vowel to /a/
   1. (grammar) to put into the accusative case
   2. (grammar) to put into the subjunctive mood
3. (ditransitive) to proclaim, to declare, to arrogate to oneself (king, war, sovereignty …)

   Synonyms: أَعْلَنَ‎ (ʔaʕlana), دَعَا‎ (daʕā), نَدَىٰ بِ‎ (nadā bi)

4. (transitive with عَلَىٰ‎, formal) to concern, to be directed at, to focus on, to concentrate on
5. (transitive, informal) to swindle, to scam, to ambush
6. to appoint, to assign

   ‏‫نَصَبَ نَفْسَهُ مَلِكًا‬‎

   ‫naṣaba nafsahu malikan‬

   he proclaimed himself king

نَصِبَ • (naṣiba) I, non-past يَنْصَبُ‎‎ (yanṣabu)

1. to strive, to labor, to toil
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 94:7-8:

     ‏فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنْصَبْ؛ وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب‎

     faʔiḏā faraḡta fanṣab; waʔilā rabbika farḡab

     So when thou art free [from thy tasks], then strive [in worship]. And toward thy Lord and Master turn [thy] attention.

نَصَّبَ • (naṣṣaba) II, non-past يُنَصِّبُ‎‎ (yunaṣṣibu)

1. (transitive) to install, to establish

   ‏سَيَأْتِيْ اَلْعُمَّالُ اَلْيَوْمَ لِتَرْكِيبِ اَلْأَلْوَاحِ اَلْشَمْسِيَّة.‎‎

   sayaʔtiy al-ʕummālu l-yawma litarkībi l-ʔalwāḥi l-šamsiyya.

   Workers are coming to install the solar panels today.

   ‏عِنْدَمَا نَصَّبْتَ اَلْبَرْنَامَجَ، هَلْ أَنْشَأْتَ لَهُ كَلِمَة سِرّ؟‎‎

   ʕindamā naṣṣabta l-barnāmaja, hal ʔanšaʔta lahu kalima(t) sirr?

   When you installed the program did you set up a password?

2. to appoint, to assign

نَصْب • (naṣb) m

1. verbal noun of نَصَبَ (naṣaba) (form I)
2. (grammar) accusative case
3. (grammar) subjunctive mood
4. (colloquial) swindle, trickery, deception, fraud

نَصْب • (naṣb) m (plural أَنْصَاب‎ (ʔanṣāb))

1. An array of stones or a structure set up as a sign or mark to show the way (especially in the desert)
2. something erected, sculpture, statue, monument
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:90:

     ‏‌‍ […] إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَٱلْمَيْسِرُ وَٱلْأَنْصَابُ وَٱلْأَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَٱجْتَنِبُوهُ‌ […]‎

     -‍ […] ʔinnamā l-ḵamru wal-maysiru wal-ʔanṣābu wal-ʔazlāmu rijsun min ʕamali š-šayṭāni fajtanibūhu- […]

     […] Wine/liquor and games of chance/gambling and [sacrificing upon or offering unto] stone alters/statues and [drawing or casting] divination arrows are surely an abomination, of Satan's handiwork, so shun it […]

نُصْب or نُصُب • (nuṣb or nuṣub) m (plural أَنْصَاب‎ (ʔanṣāb))

1. something erected, sculpture, statue, monument
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:3:

     ‏حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُ‌‌ […] وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى النُّصُب‌ِ […] ‌‎

     ḥurrimat ʿalaykumu l-maytahu wad-damu […] wamā ḏubiḥa ʿalaʾ n-nuṣubi […]

     And prohibited unto you are carrion/dead meat and blood […] and what was slain upon the stone alters/statues […]

نَصُبُّ • (naṣubbu) (form I)

1. first-person plural non-past active indicative of صَبَّ‎ (ṣabba)

نَصُبَّ • (naṣubba) (form I)

1. first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of صَبَّ‎ (ṣabba)
2. first-person plural non-past active jussive of صَبَّ‎ (ṣabba)

نَصُبِّ • (naṣubbi) (form I)

1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of صَبَّ‎ (ṣabba)

نُصَبُّ • (nuṣabbu) (form I)

1. first-person plural non-past passive indicative of صَبَّ‎ (ṣabba)

نُصَبَّ • (nuṣabba) (form I)

1. first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive of صَبَّ‎ (ṣabba)
2. first-person plural non-past passive jussive of صَبَّ‎ (ṣabba)

نُصَبِّ • (nuṣabbi) (form I)

1. first-person plural non-past passive jussive of صَبَّ‎ (ṣabba)

نُصِبْ • (nuṣib) (form IV)

1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of أَصَابَ‎ (ʔaṣāba)

نُصَبْ • (nuṣab) (form IV)

1. first-person plural non-past passive jussive of أَصَابَ‎ (ʔaṣāba)

نُصْبَ or نُصُبَ • (nuṣba or nuṣuba)

1. in front of