# نصب
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1
#### Verb

نَصَبَ • (naṣaba) I (non-past يَنْصُبُ (yanṣubu) or يَنْصِبُ (yanṣibu), verbal noun نَصْب (naṣb))
* (transitive) to set up, to lay, to erect, to raise, to build
    نَصَبَ نَفْسَهُ لِشَيْءٍnaṣaba nafsahu li-šayʔinto dedicate oneself to something
* (transitive, grammar) to raise the vowel to /a/
** (grammar) to put into the accusative case
** (grammar) to put into the subjunctive mood
* (ditransitive) to proclaim, to declare, to arrogate to oneself (king, war, sovereignty …)
    Synonyms: أَعْلَنَ (ʔaʕlana), دَعَا (daʕā), نَدَىٰ بِ (nadā bi)
* (transitive with عَلَى, formal) to concern, to be directed at, to focus on, to concentrate on
* (transitive, informal) to swindle, to scam, to ambush
* to appoint, to assign
    نَصَبَ نَفْسَهُ مَلِكًا ― naṣaba nafsahu malikan ― he proclaimed himself king

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.2
#### Verb

نَصِبَ • (naṣiba) I (non-past يَنْصَبُ (yanṣabu), verbal noun نَصَب (naṣab))
* to strive, to labor, to toil
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 94:7-8:فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنْصَبْ وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَبfa-ʔiḏā faraḡta fa-nṣab wa-ʔilā rabbika fa-rḡabSo when thou art free [from thy tasks], then strive [in worship]. And toward thy Lord and Master turn [thy] attention.

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.3
#### Verb

نَصَّبَ • (naṣṣaba) II (non-past يُنَصِّبُ (yunaṣṣibu), verbal noun تَنْصِيب (tanṣīb))
* (transitive) to install, to establish
    عِنْدَمَا نَصَّبْتَ اَلْبَرْنَامَجَ، هَلْ أَنْشَأْتَ لَهُ كَلِمَة سِرّ؟ʕindamā naṣṣabta al-barnāmaja, hal ʔanšaʔta lahu kalima(t) sirr?When you installed the program did you set up a password?
* to appoint, to assign

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.4
#### Noun

نَصْب • (naṣb) m
* verbal noun of نَصَبَ (naṣaba) (form I)
* (grammar) accusative case
* (grammar) subjunctive mood
* (colloquial) swindle, trickery, deception, fraud

##### Declension
### Etymology 1.5
#### Noun

نَصْب • (naṣb) m (plural أَنْصَاب (ʔanṣāb))
* an array of stones or a structure set up as a sign or mark to show the way (especially in the desert)
* something erected, sculpture, statue, monument
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:90:[…] إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَٱلْمَيْسِرُ وَٱلْأَنْصَابُ وَٱلْأَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَٱجْتَنِبُوهُ […][…] ʔinnamā l-ḵamru wa-l-maysiru wa-l-ʔanṣābu wa-l-ʔazlāmu rijsun min ʕamali š-šayṭāni fa-jtanibūhu […] […] Wine/liquor and games of chance/gambling and [sacrificing upon or offering unto] stone altars/statues and [drawing or casting] divination arrows are surely an abomination, of Satan's handiwork, so shun it […]

##### Declension
### Etymology 1.6
#### Noun

نُصْب or نُصُب • (nuṣb or nuṣub) m (plural أَنْصَاب (ʔanṣāb))
* something erected, sculpture, statue, monument
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:3:حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُ […] وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى النُّصُب […]ḥurrimat ʕalaykumu l-maytatu wa-d-damu […] wa-mā ḏubiḥa ʕalā an-nuṣub […]And prohibited unto you are carrion/dead meat and blood […] and what was slain upon the stone altars/statues […]

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Preposition

نُصْبَ or نُصُبَ • (nuṣba or nuṣuba)
* in front of

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

نصب (form I)
* نَصُبُّ (naṣubbu) /na.sˤub.bu/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of صَبَّ (ṣabba)
* نُصَبُّ (nuṣabbu) /nu.sˤab.bu/: first-person plural non-past passive indicative of صَبَّ (ṣabba)
* نَصُبَّ (naṣubba) /na.sˤub.ba/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive/jussive of صَبَّ (ṣabba)
* نُصَبَّ (nuṣabba) /nu.sˤab.ba/: first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive/jussive of صَبَّ (ṣabba)
* نَصُبِّ (naṣubbi) /na.sˤub.bi/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of صَبَّ (ṣabba)
* نُصَبِّ (nuṣabbi) /nu.sˤab.bi/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of صَبَّ (ṣabba)
* نَصَبُّ (naṣabbu) /na.sˤab.bu/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of صَبَّ (ṣabba)
* نَصَبَّ (naṣabba) /na.sˤab.ba/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive/jussive of صَبَّ (ṣabba)
* نَصَبِّ (naṣabbi) /na.sˤab.bi/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of صَبَّ (ṣabba)

### Etymology 4.1
#### Verb

نصب (form I)
* نَصُبْ (naṣub) /na.sˤub/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of صَابَ (ṣāba)
* نُصَبْ (nuṣab) /nu.sˤab/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of صَابَ (ṣāba)

### Etymology 4.2
#### Verb

نصب (form IV)
* نُصِبْ (nuṣib) /nu.sˤib/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of أَصَابَ (ʔaṣāba)
* نُصَبْ (nuṣab) /nu.sˤab/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of أَصَابَ (ʔaṣāba)

### Etymology 5.1
#### Verb

نصب (form I)
* نَصْبُ (naṣbu) /nasˤ.bu/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of صَبَا (ṣabā)
* نُصْبَ (nuṣba) /nusˤ.ba/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of صَبَا (ṣabā)
* نَصْبَ (naṣba) /nasˤ.ba/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of صَبِيَ (ṣabiya)

### Etymology 5.2
#### Verb

نصب (form II)
* نُصَبِّ (nuṣabbi) /nu.sˤab.bi/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of صَبَّى (ṣabbā)
* نُصَبَّ (nuṣabba) /nu.sˤab.ba/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of صَبَّى (ṣabbā)

### Etymology 6
#### Verb

نصب (form I)
* نَصِبُ (naṣibu) /na.sˤi.bu/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of وَصَبَ (waṣaba)
* نَصِبَ (naṣiba) /na.sˤi.ba/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of وَصَبَ (waṣaba)
* نَصِبْ (naṣib) /na.sˤib/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of وَصَبَ (waṣaba)

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَصْب (naṣb).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [nasβ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [näsb]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [näsb]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [näsb]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [näsb̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [næsb̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [näsb]

### Noun

نصب • (nasb)
* installation, setting up
    نصب مجدد تلگرام ― nasb-e mojaddad-e telegrâm ― reinstalling Telegram

#### Derived terms

* نصب شدن (nasb šodan)
* نصب کردن (nasb kardan)