نصي

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن ص و‎ (n-ṣ-w).

Noun

نَصِيّ • (naṣiyy) m (collective, singulative نَصِيَّة‎ (naṣiyya))

Stipagrostis spp., especially Stipagrostis plumosa, an important perennial grazing grass
Synonyms: سَبَط‎ (sabaṭ), ثَغَام‎ (ṯaḡām)

Declension

Declension of noun نَصِيّ (naṣiyy)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَصِي naṣī	النَّصِي‎ an-naṣī	نَصِي naṣī
Nominative	نَصِيٌّ naṣiyyun	النَّصِيُّ‎ an-naṣiyyu	نَصِيُّ naṣiyyu
Accusative	نَصِيًّا‎ naṣiyyan	النَّصِيَّ‎ an-naṣiyya	نَصِيَّ naṣiyya
Genitive	نَصِيٍّ naṣiyyin	النَّصِيِّ‎ an-naṣiyyi	نَصِيِّ naṣiyyi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَصِيَّة‎ naṣiyya	النَّصِيَّة‎ an-naṣiyya	نَصِيَّة‎ naṣiyyat
Nominative	نَصِيَّةٌ‎ naṣiyyatun	النَّصِيَّةُ‎ an-naṣiyyatu	نَصِيَّةُ‎ naṣiyyatu
Accusative	نَصِيَّةً‎ naṣiyyatan	النَّصِيَّةَ‎ an-naṣiyyata	نَصِيَّةَ‎ naṣiyyata
Genitive	نَصِيَّةٍ‎ naṣiyyatin	النَّصِيَّةِ‎ an-naṣiyyati	نَصِيَّةِ‎ naṣiyyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَصِيَّتَيْن‎ naṣiyyatayn	النَّصِيَّتَيْن‎ an-naṣiyyatayn	نَصِيَّتَيْ‎ naṣiyyatay
Nominative	نَصِيَّتَانِ‎ naṣiyyatāni	النَّصِيَّتَانِ‎ an-naṣiyyatāni	نَصِيَّتَا‎ naṣiyyatā
Accusative	نَصِيَّتَيْنِ‎ naṣiyyatayni	النَّصِيَّتَيْنِ‎ an-naṣiyyatayni	نَصِيَّتَيْ‎ naṣiyyatay
Genitive	نَصِيَّتَيْنِ‎ naṣiyyatayni	النَّصِيَّتَيْنِ‎ an-naṣiyyatayni	نَصِيَّتَيْ‎ naṣiyyatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَصِيَّات‎ naṣiyyāt	النَّصِيَّات‎ an-naṣiyyāt	نَصِيَّات‎ naṣiyyāt
Nominative	نَصِيَّاتٌ‎ naṣiyyātun	النَّصِيَّاتُ‎ an-naṣiyyātu	نَصِيَّاتُ‎ naṣiyyātu
Accusative	نَصِيَّاتٍ‎ naṣiyyātin	النَّصِيَّاتِ‎ an-naṣiyyāti	نَصِيَّاتِ‎ naṣiyyāti
Genitive	نَصِيَّاتٍ‎ naṣiyyātin	النَّصِيَّاتِ‎ an-naṣiyyāti	نَصِيَّاتِ‎ naṣiyyāti

Descendants

Gulf Arabic: نُصِي‎ (nuṣī)
Najdi Arabic: نُصِي‎ (nuṣī)

References

Freytag, Georg (1837), “نصي”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 290
Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 74, 110, 234, 262, 336
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “نصي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 1140
Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “نصي”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1281

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