Arabic

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Root
ن ص ح (n ṣ ḥ)
5 terms

Etymology

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Derived from the active participle of the verb form I from the root ن ص ح (n-ṣ-ḥ).

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Noun

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نَاصِح (nāṣiḥ? (plural نَاصِحُون (nāṣiḥūn) or نُصَّاح (nuṣṣāḥ) or نُصَّح (nuṣṣaḥ), feminine نَاصِحَة (nāṣiḥa))

  1. advisor, counselor

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Adjective

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نَاصِح (nāṣiḥ)

  1. active participle of نَصَحَ (naṣaḥa)
    1. advising

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North Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

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ناصح (nāṣiḥ)

  1. (Lebanon) fat, overweight
    Synonym: سمين

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic نَاصِح (nāṣiḥ).

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Readings
Classical reading? nāsih
Dari reading? nāseh
Iranian reading? nâseh
Tajik reading? noseh

Noun

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ناصح (nâseh)

  1. advisor, counselor
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 256”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[1]:
      نصیحتی کنمت بشنو و بهانه مگیر
      هر آنچه ناصح مشفق بگویدت بپذیر
      nasīhatē kunam-at bišnaw u bahāna ma-gīr
      har ān-či nāsih-i mušfiq bigūyad-at bipazīr
      I shall give you some advice; listen and make no excuses,
      Accept all that the gentle advisor says to you.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ن ص ح
3 terms

Etymology

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Equivalent to the active participle of نصح (niṣiḥ, to gain weight).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /naː.sˤiħ/, [ˈnɑː.sˤɪħ]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adjective

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ناصح (nāṣeḥ) (feminine ناصحة (nāṣḥa), masculine plural ناصحين (nāṣḥīn), elative أنصح (ʔanṣaḥ))

  1. fat, plump, overweight
    Synonyms: سمين (smīn), نصحان (nāṣḥān)
    Antonyms: ضعيف (ḍʕīf), نحيف (naḥīf)
    هي ناصحة شوي.
    hiyye nāṣḥa šway
    She's a bit plump.