ناصح

Arabic

Root
ن ص ح (n-ṣ-ḥ)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naː.sˤiħ/

Noun

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

  1. advisor, counselor

Declension

Adjective

نَاصِح • (nāṣiḥ)

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

Declension

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

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Adjective

ناصح • (nāṣiḥ)

  1. (Lebanon) fat, overweight
    Synonym: سمين

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَاصِح (nāṣiḥ).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [nɑː.sɪ́ʱ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [nɑː.sɪ́]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [nɔː.sí]

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

Noun

ناصح • (nâseh)

  1. advisor, counselor
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 256”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:
      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)

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن ص ح
3 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naː.sˤiħ/, [ˈnɑː.sˤɪħ]
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Adjective

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.
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