نَسَبٌ
Root: نسب
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نَسَبٌ
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Relationship; relation; kindred; consanguinity; [family; race; lineage; parentage; pedigree; genealogy; origin; reputed relationship or lineage or origin;] with respect to father and mother; or with respect to fathers only: pl. of the first, أَنْسَابٌ; of the ↓ second, نِسَبٌ; and of the ↓ third, نُسَبٌ. The first, by poetical license, is contracted into
نَسْبٌ . [You say,] بَيْنَهُمَا نَسَبٌ
Between them is relationship; said whether they may lawfully marry one another, or not. See نَسِيبٌ.
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