نبأ

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن ب ء (n-b-ʔ). Compare Hebrew נבא (nibé, “to prophesy”, “to proclaim”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.baʔ/

Noun

نَبَأ • (nabaʔ) m (plural أَنْبَاء (ʔanbāʔ))

  1. news
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 78:1-3:
      عَمَّ يَتَسَاۤءَلُونَ ۝ عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ۝ ٱلَّذِي هُمۡ فِيهِ مُخۡتَلِفُونَ ۝
      About what are they asking one another? / About the great news - / That over which they are in disagreement.
  2. tidings
  3. story

Declension

Derived terms

  • سُورَةُ النَّبَإ (sūratu n-nabaʔ)

References

  • Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “نبأ”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
  • Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “نبأ”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “نبأ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “نبأ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz
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