نوبة

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of the verb نَابَ (nāba, to afflict, to occur).

Noun

نَوْبَة (nawba) f (plural نَوْبَات (nawbāt) or نُوَب (nuwab))

  1. change, alteration, shift, rotation
  2. turn (one’s turn)
  3. time, instance, case, occasion
  4. fit, paroxysm, attack
  5. crisis
  6. change of the guard, guard duty
    • 1835, كتاب القوانين الداخلية المتعلق بمشاة عساكر الجهادية, قانون ٣٤٠, page 80:
      ضباط الصف والأنفار الذين بصدد الخروج من القشلة يشرع كل واحد منهم في لبس قيافته المقننة بعد ضرب نوبة الجمعية.
      Field officers and units which are about to leave the barracks are required each one to wear the prescribed apparel after taking up joint guard duty.
  7. bugle call
  8. (Syria) troupe of musicians, small native orchestra
    Synonyms: جَوْقَة (jawqa), فِرْقَة (firqa)

Declension

Descendants

Noun

نُوبَة (nūba) f (plural نُوَب (nuwab))

  1. misfortune, calamity, mishap, misadventure, accident, reversal
  2. a musical suite in Arabic music, particularly in the Andalusian tradition as well as elsewhere in the Maghreb

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), نوبة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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