نظير

See also: نطير and نظیر

Arabic

Root
ن ظ ر (n-ẓ-r)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb نَظَرَ (naẓara).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /na.ðˤiːr/
Rhymes: -iːr

Adjective

نَظِير • (naẓīr) (feminine نَظِيرَة (naẓīra), masculine plural نُظَرَاء (nuẓarāʔ), feminine plural نَظَائِر (naẓāʔir))

similar, alike
counterpart a person with similar functions
(nuclear physics) isotope
نَظِير مُشِعّ ― naẓīr mušiʕʕ ― radioactive isotope
corresponding
opposite, in front of, parallel

Declension

Declension of adjective نَظِير (naẓīr)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نَظِير naẓīr	النَّظِير an-naẓīr	نَظِيرَة naẓīra	النَّظِيرَة an-naẓīra
Nominative	نَظِيرٌ naẓīrun	النَّظِيرُ an-naẓīru	نَظِيرَةٌ naẓīratun	النَّظِيرَةُ an-naẓīratu
Accusative	نَظِيرًا naẓīran	النَّظِيرَ an-naẓīra	نَظِيرَةً naẓīratan	النَّظِيرَةَ an-naẓīrata
Genitive	نَظِيرٍ naẓīrin	النَّظِيرِ an-naẓīri	نَظِيرَةٍ naẓīratin	النَّظِيرَةِ an-naẓīrati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نَظِيرَيْن naẓīrayn	النَّظِيرَيْن an-naẓīrayn	نَظِيرَتَيْن naẓīratayn	النَّظِيرَتَيْن an-naẓīratayn
Nominative	نَظِيرَانِ naẓīrāni	النَّظِيرَانِ an-naẓīrāni	نَظِيرَتَانِ naẓīratāni	النَّظِيرَتَانِ an-naẓīratāni
Accusative	نَظِيرَيْنِ naẓīrayni	النَّظِيرَيْنِ an-naẓīrayni	نَظِيرَتَيْنِ naẓīratayni	النَّظِيرَتَيْنِ an-naẓīratayni
Genitive	نَظِيرَيْنِ naẓīrayni	النَّظِيرَيْنِ an-naẓīrayni	نَظِيرَتَيْنِ naẓīratayni	النَّظِيرَتَيْنِ an-naẓīratayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نُظَرَاء nuẓarāʔ	النُّظَرَاء an-nuẓarāʔ	نَظَائِر naẓāʔir	النَّظَائِر an-naẓāʔir
Nominative	نُظَرَاءُ nuẓarāʔu	النُّظَرَاءُ an-nuẓarāʔu	نَظَائِرُ naẓāʔiru	النَّظَائِرُ an-naẓāʔiru
Accusative	نُظَرَاءَ nuẓarāʔa	النُّظَرَاءَ an-nuẓarāʔa	نَظَائِرَ naẓāʔira	النَّظَائِرَ an-naẓāʔira
Genitive	نُظَرَاءَ nuẓarāʔa	النُّظَرَاءِ an-nuẓarāʔi	نَظَائِرَ naẓāʔira	النَّظَائِرِ an-naẓāʔiri

Derived terms

نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt, “nadir”)

References

Lane, Edward William (1863) “نظير”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نظير”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

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