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ناسَب
to suit, to be fitting or appropriate for /naː.ˈsa.ba/
verbB2#3551 most common
Also: to match, to correspond to, to be convenient for
Example sentences
هذا اللون يناسبك.
This color suits you.
هل يناسبك الموعد غدًا؟
Does the appointment tomorrow suit you?
لم يناسبني السعر فقرّرت ألا أشتري السيارة.
The price didn't suit me, so I decided not to buy the car.
يجب أن نختار وقتًا يناسب الجميع لعقد الاجتماع.
We must choose a time that suits everyone to hold the meeting.
ناسبت الشركةُ بين احتياجات الموظفين ومتطلبات العمل بمرونة كبيرة.
The company matched employees' needs with work requirements with great flexibility.
من الصعب أن يناسب قرارٌ واحد جميع الأطراف المتنازعة في هذا النزاع المعقد.
It is hard for a single decision to suit every party in this complicated dispute.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُنَاسِبُ | نَاسَبْتُ | سَأُنَاسِبُ |
| 2sg | تُنَاسِبُ | نَاسَبْتَ | سَتُنَاسِبُ |
| 3sg | يُنَاسِبُ | نَاسَبَ | سَيُنَاسِبُ |
| 1pl | نُنَاسِبُ | نَاسَبْنَا | سَنُنَاسِبُ |
| 2pl | تُنَاسِبُونَ | نَاسَبْتُمْ | سَتُنَاسِبُونَ |
| 3pl | يُنَاسِبُونَ | نَاسَبُوا | سَيُنَاسِبُونَ |
Word family
مُنَاسِبsuitable, appropriate
مُنَاسَبَةoccasion, relevance
تَنَاسُبproportion, symmetry
نَسَبlineage, genealogy
نِسْبَةratio, proportionEtymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root n-s-b, which carries the core idea of relation or lineage. The base noun nasab means genealogy or kinship line. This Form III verb, built on the pattern fāʿala, extends that idea of connection into the sense of two things being properly related or matched, and from there to simply suiting or fitting.
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