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نُصْب
monument /ˈnusˤb/
nounB2#3831 most common
Also: statue, idol (in pre-Islamic/Quranic usage), constant object of one's attention (idiomatic: نصب عينيه)
Example sentences
هذا نُصْبٌ جميل في الحديقة.
This is a beautiful monument in the garden.
زرنا نُصْب الجندي المجهول أمس.
We visited the Monument to the Unknown Soldier yesterday.
أقامت المدينة نُصْبًا تذكاريًا لضحايا الزلزال.
The city erected a memorial monument for the earthquake victims.
يقف النُصْب التذكاري في وسط الساحة العامة منذ عشرين عامًا.
The memorial monument has stood in the middle of the public square for twenty years.
أصبح ذلك الحادث نُصْب عيني كلما فكرت في الماضي.
That incident has stayed constantly before my eyes whenever I think of the past.
صمم المهندس المعماري النُصْب ليرمز إلى صمود الشعب عبر التاريخ.
The architect designed the monument so that it would symbolize the people's endurance throughout history.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نُصْبٌ | أَنْصَابٌ |
| Genitive | نُصْبٍ | أَنْصَابٍ |
| Accusative | نُصْبًا | أَنْصَابًا |
| Vocative | يا نُصْبُ | يا أَنْصَابُ |
Word family
نَصَبَto erect, set up, install
مَنْصِبpost, position, officeانتصبto stand erect, become upright
ناصبone who erects or sets something up
نصّابswindler, con artist (one who sets a trap)
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ن-ص-ب, whose base verb نَصَبَ means to erect, plant upright, or set something firmly in place. نُصْب is the underlying verbal-noun pattern فُعْل of that root, so it names the result of the action: a thing that has been set up, such as a pillar, statue, or monument. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root; its relatives lie instead in other Semitic languages.
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