نبي

See also: نبی‎

Arabic

Etymology

Cognates with Aramaic נְבִיָּא‎ (n'ḇiyyā) (absolutive form: נְבִי‎ (n'ḇī)), the root of which is cognate to the Arabic root ن ب ء‎ (n-b-ʔ). Compare Hebrew נָבִיא‎ (nāḇīʔ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /na.bijj/
Rhymes: -ijj

Noun

نَبِيّ • (nabiyy) m (plural نَبِيُّون‎ (nabiyyūn) or أَنْبِيَاء‎ (ʔanbiyāʔ))

prophet

Declension

Declension of noun نَبِيّ (nabiyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَبِي nabī	النَّبِي‎ an-nabī	نَبِي nabī
Nominative	نَبِيٌّ nabiyyun	النَّبِيُّ‎ an-nabiyyu	نَبِيُّ nabiyyu
Accusative	نَبِيًّا‎ nabiyyan	النَّبِيَّ‎ an-nabiyya	نَبِيَّ nabiyya
Genitive	نَبِيٍّ nabiyyin	النَّبِيِّ‎ an-nabiyyi	نَبِيِّ nabiyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَبِيَّيْن‎ nabiyyayn	النَّبِيَّيْن‎ an-nabiyyayn	نَبِيَّيْ‎ nabiyyay
Nominative	نَبِيَّانِ‎ nabiyyāni	النَّبِيَّانِ‎ an-nabiyyāni	نَبِيَّا‎ nabiyyā
Accusative	نَبِيَّيْنِ‎ nabiyyayni	النَّبِيَّيْنِ‎ an-nabiyyayni	نَبِيَّيْ‎ nabiyyay
Genitive	نَبِيَّيْنِ‎ nabiyyayni	النَّبِيَّيْنِ‎ an-nabiyyayni	نَبِيَّيْ‎ nabiyyay
Plural	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَبِيِّين‎‎; أَنْبِيَاء‎ nabiyyīn‎; ʔanbiyāʔ	النَّبِيِّين‎‎; الْأَنْبِيَاء‎ an-nabiyyīn‎; al-ʔanbiyāʔ	نَبِيِّي‎‎; أَنْبِيَاء‎ nabiyyī‎; ʔanbiyāʔ
Nominative	نَبِيُّونَ‎‎; أَنْبِيَاءُ‎ nabiyyūna‎; ʔanbiyāʔu	النَّبِيُّونَ‎‎; الْأَنْبِيَاءُ‎ an-nabiyyūna‎; al-ʔanbiyāʔu	نَبِيُّو‎‎; أَنْبِيَاءُ‎ nabiyyū‎; ʔanbiyāʔu
Accusative	نَبِيِّينَ‎‎; أَنْبِيَاءَ‎ nabiyyīna‎; ʔanbiyāʔa	النَّبِيِّينَ‎‎; الْأَنْبِيَاءَ‎ an-nabiyyīna‎; al-ʔanbiyāʔa	نَبِيِّي‎‎; أَنْبِيَاءَ‎ nabiyyī‎; ʔanbiyāʔa
Genitive	نَبِيِّينَ‎‎; أَنْبِيَاءَ‎ nabiyyīna‎; ʔanbiyāʔa	النَّبِيِّينَ‎‎; الْأَنْبِيَاءِ‎ an-nabiyyīna‎; al-ʔanbiyāʔi	نَبِيِّي‎‎; أَنْبِيَاءِ‎ nabiyyī‎; ʔanbiyāʔi

Alternative forms

نَبِيء‎ (nabīʔ)

Derived terms

نَبَوِيّ‎ (nabawiyy)

Descendants

→ Bengali: নবী (nobī)
→ Fula: annabi
→ Hausa: ànnabī̀
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: नबी (nabī)
- Urdu: نبی‎ (nabī)
→ Malay: nabi
- Indonesian: nabi
→ Northern Kurdish: nebî
→ Ottoman Turkish: نبی‎
- Turkish: nebi
→ Persian: نبی‎ (nabi)
→ Pashto: نبي‎ (nabi)
→ Swahili: nabii
→ Tausug: nabi

References

Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute
Wehr, Hans (1979), “نبو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic نَبِيّ‎ (nabiyy), from Aramaic נְבִיָּא‎ (n'ḇiyyā) (absolutive form: נְבִי‎ (n'ḇī)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naˈbi/

Noun

نبي • (nabi) m

(religion) prophet

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