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نِسْبَة
proportion, ratio /ˈnis.ba/
nounA1#236 most common
Also: percentage, rate, relation
Example sentences
النِّسْبَةُ عَالِيَة.
The percentage is high.
نِسْبَةُ النَّجَاحِ سِتُّونَ بِالْمِئَة.
The success rate is sixty percent.
ارْتَفَعَتْ نِسْبَةُ الْبَطَالَةِ هَذَا الْعَام.
The unemployment rate rose this year.
بِالنِّسْبَةِ إِلَيَّ، هَذَا الْقَرَارُ صَحِيح.
As for me, this decision is right.
تَخْتَلِفُ نِسْبَةُ الرُّطُوبَةِ مِنْ مَدِينَةٍ إِلَى أُخْرَى.
The humidity level varies from one city to another.
تُشِيرُ الْإِحْصَاءَاتُ إِلَى تَرَاجُعِ نِسْبَةِ الْفَقْرِ بِشَكْلٍ مَلْحُوظٍ خِلَالَ الْعَقْدِ الْمَاضِي.
Statistics indicate a notable decline in the poverty rate over the past decade.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نِسْبَةٌ | نِسَبٌ |
| Genitive | نِسْبَةٍ | نِسَبٍ |
| Accusative | نِسْبَةً | نِسَبًا |
| Vocative | يَا نِسْبَةُ | يَا نِسَبُ |
Word family
نَسَبَto attribute, ascribe, relate
نِسْبِيّrelative, proportional
نَسَبlineage, kinship, descent
مُنَاسَبَةoccasion; suitability
اِنْتِسَابaffiliation, belonging
Etymology
نِسْبَة comes from the triliteral root ن-س-ب (n-s-b), which means to relate, attribute, or trace descent. It is built on the فِعْلَة pattern, which marks a manner or instance, so it names the way one thing stands in relation to another. From this sense of relation came the modern meanings of ratio, proportion, and percentage.
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