نشاط

Arabic

Root
ن ش ط (n-š-ṭ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.ʃaːtˤ/

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Noun

نَشَاط • (našāṭ) m (plural أَنْشِطَة (ʔanšiṭa) or نَشَاطَات (našāṭāt))

1. verbal noun of نَشِطَ (našiṭa) (form I)
2. (uncountable) briskness, liveliness, activity, agileness, promptness, quickness, energy

   Antonym: كَسَل (kasal, “laziness”)

3. (countable) (concrete) activity

Declension

Declension of noun نَشَاط (našāṭ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَشَاط našāṭ	النَّشَاط an-našāṭ	نَشَاط našāṭ
Nominative	نَشَاطٌ našāṭun	النَّشَاطُ an-našāṭu	نَشَاطُ našāṭu
Accusative	نَشَاطًا našāṭan	النَّشَاطَ an-našāṭa	نَشَاطَ našāṭa
Genitive	نَشَاطٍ našāṭin	النَّشَاطِ an-našāṭi	نَشَاطِ našāṭi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَشَاطَيْن našāṭayn	النَّشَاطَيْن an-našāṭayn	نَشَاطَيْ našāṭay
Nominative	نَشَاطَانِ našāṭāni	النَّشَاطَانِ an-našāṭāni	نَشَاطَا našāṭā
Accusative	نَشَاطَيْنِ našāṭayni	النَّشَاطَيْنِ an-našāṭayni	نَشَاطَيْ našāṭay
Genitive	نَشَاطَيْنِ našāṭayni	النَّشَاطَيْنِ an-našāṭayni	نَشَاطَيْ našāṭay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنْشِطَة‎; نَشَاطَات ʔanšiṭa‎; našāṭāt	الْأَنْشِطَة‎; النَّشَاطَات al-ʔanšiṭa‎; an-našāṭāt	أَنْشِطَة‎; نَشَاطَات ʔanšiṭat‎; našāṭāt
Nominative	أَنْشِطَةٌ‎; نَشَاطَاتٌ ʔanšiṭatun‎; našāṭātun	الْأَنْشِطَةُ‎; النَّشَاطَاتُ al-ʔanšiṭatu‎; an-našāṭātu	أَنْشِطَةُ‎; نَشَاطَاتُ ʔanšiṭatu‎; našāṭātu
Accusative	أَنْشِطَةً‎; نَشَاطَاتٍ ʔanšiṭatan‎; našāṭātin	الْأَنْشِطَةَ‎; النَّشَاطَاتِ al-ʔanšiṭata‎; an-našāṭāti	أَنْشِطَةَ‎; نَشَاطَاتِ ʔanšiṭata‎; našāṭāti
Genitive	أَنْشِطَةٍ‎; نَشَاطَاتٍ ʔanšiṭatin‎; našāṭātin	الْأَنْشِطَةِ‎; النَّشَاطَاتِ al-ʔanšiṭati‎; an-našāṭāti	أَنْشِطَةِ‎; نَشَاطَاتِ ʔanšiṭati‎; našāṭāti

Descendants

• → Swahili: nishati

Adjective

نِشَاط • (nišāṭ) m pl

1. masculine plural of نَشِيط (našīṭ)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نشاط”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 1119

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic نَشَاط (našāṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ni.ˈʃɑːt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ʃɑ́ːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ʃɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ʃɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.ʃɔ́ːt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ne.ʃɒ́ːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.ʃɔ́t̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	nišāt
Dari reading?	nišāt
Iranian reading?	nešât
Tajik reading?	nišot

Noun

Dari	نشاط
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нишот

نشاط • (nešât)

1. activity, liveliness
2. happiness, pleasure

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نشاط”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press