النِّسْبَة وَالمَصْدَر الصِّنَاعِيّRelative adjectives and abstract nouns

al-nisba

The chapter titles of the Fuṣūṣ are built on nisbas: ḥikma ilāhiyya fī kalima ādamiyya, 'a divine wisdom in an Adamic word'. The -iyya abstract, rare in early Arabic, grew in the philosophical and Sufi vocabulary. ✦AI

• نِسْبَةrelationnisba

  Root ن س ب · kinship, lineage; relating one thing to another

  Adding -iyy relates a thing to its source: ilāhī 'divine', ādamī 'Adamic'; adding -iyya makes an abstract noun: insāniyya 'humanity'.

• الإِلَهِيفِعٰلِيّألهFaṣṣ Ādam ¶2 · relative adjective (nisba)
• إِلَهِيًّافِعٰلِيّألهFaṣṣ Ādam ¶2 · relative adjective (nisba)
• الإِنْسَانِيَّةِفِعْلانِيّأنسFaṣṣ Ādam ¶3 · relative adjective (nisba)
• الأَهْلِيَّةَفَعْلِيّأهلFaṣṣ Ādam ¶3 · relative adjective (nisba)
• الإِلٰهِيَّةِفِعٰلِيّألهFaṣṣ Ādam ¶3 · relative adjective (nisba)
• فِكْرِيٍّفِعْلِيّفكرFaṣṣ Ādam ¶4 · relative adjective (nisba)