قبب

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds, particularly loud or harsh ones like shouting, the clashing of teeth, or the rumbling of thunder. It also extends to concepts of dryness, constriction, and specific physical or structural elements like a dome or a pulley.

Derived headwords

قَبَّverb

1.
shoutedclassical
The people shouted loudly in a dispute or argument.
2.
clashedclassical
The lion and the stud-horse made a clashing sound with their teeth.
3.
dried upclassical
His back dried up after being struck with a whip or similar.
4.
driedclassical
Meat, dates, or a wound dried up, losing its freshness and moisture.
5.
witheredclassical
Plants withered and dried up.

قُبُوبnoun

1.
dryingclassical
The process of drying up, especially of the skin after being struck, or of meat, dates, or wounds.

قَبِيبnoun

1.
soundclassical
A sound, specifically referring to the clashing of teeth or the sound of thunder.
2.
dried plant matterclassical
The dried part of a plant, similar to 'qafif'.
3.
rumbling soundclassical
The rumbling sound of a horse's belly.

قَابَةnoun

1.
sound of thunderclassical
A sound, often referring to the sound of thunder.
2.
raindropclassical
A drop of rain.

اقْتَبَverb

1.
cut offclassical
To cut something off, especially a limb or the end of a bone near a joint.
2.
severedclassical
To sever a hand from a person.
3.
tookclassical
To take or cut off a part of something, leaving nothing behind.

اقْتِبَابnoun

1.
cutting offclassical
The act of cutting off, especially a limb or a part of something completely.

قَبّnoun

1.
patchclassical
A patch that enters the collar of a shirt.
2.
hole in a pulleyclassical
The hole through which the axle passes in a pulley, or the wooden piece with the hole.
3.
leaderclassical
The chief or leader of a group of people.
4.
kingclassical
The king or supreme ruler.
5.
area between hipsclassical
The space between the hips.
6.
area between buttocksclassical
The cleft between the buttocks.
7.
protruding boneclassical
The protruding bone in the back between the buttocks.
8.
type of bridleclassical
A difficult and large type of bridle.

أَقَبّadjective

1.
leanclassical
Lean or emaciated, especially referring to a horse whose flanks are close to its ribs.
2.
lean-belliedclassical
Having a lean or sunken belly.

قَبَبnoun

1.
leannessclassical
The state of being lean, referring to the leanness of the waist and the sunkenness of the belly.

قَبَّاءadjective

1.
lean-belliedclassical
A woman with a lean or sunken belly.

قَبَّبَverb

1.
made a domeclassical
To build a dome.
2.
enteredclassical
To enter a dome or domed structure.

تَقَبَّبَverb

1.
enteredclassical
To enter a domed structure.

قُبَّةnoun

1.
domeboth
A dome, a domed building, or a tent shaped like a dome.
2.
dome of Islamclassical
Basra, referred to as the 'Dome of Islam' and the treasury of the Arabs.

قَبَابnoun

1.
type of fishclassical
A type of fish resembling the Kan'ad fish.

قَبْقَبَverb

1.
bellowedclassical
The lion or stud-horse bellowed or made a rumbling sound.
2.
chatteredclassical
A person chattered foolishly or excessively.

قَبْقَبَةnoun

1.
rumbling soundclassical
The rumbling sound of a horse's belly.
2.
bellowingclassical
The bellowing or rumbling sound of a lion or stud-horse.
3.
excessive talkclassical
Excessive or mixed-up talk, whether correct or incorrect.
4.
bellyclassical
The belly.

قَبْقَابnoun

1.
rumbling soundclassical
The rumbling sound of a horse's belly.
2.
bellowingclassical
The bellowing or rumbling sound of a lion or stud-horse.
3.
excessive talkerclassical
A person who talks excessively, whether correctly or incorrectly.
4.
liarclassical
A liar.
5.
polishing beadclassical
A bead used to polish clothes.
6.
wooden sandalclassical
A sandal made of wood, in the dialect of Yemen.
7.
vulvaclassical
The vulva.

قَبْقَبnoun

1.
strapclassical
A strap that goes around both pommels of a saddle; or, among modern lexicographers, a strap that lies across behind the rear pommel.
2.
saddle woodclassical
The wooden parts of a saddle.
3.
bellyclassical
The belly.

قَبَاقِبname

1.
year nameclassical
The name of a year, specifically the year following the current one.

مُقَبْقَبname

1.
year nameclassical
The name of a year, specifically the fifth year after the current one.

قَبَّابadjective

1.
large noseclassical
Having a large and prominent nose.

قَبَّبَverb

1.
gatheredclassical
To gather the edges or ends of something.

قُبَّة الشَّاةnoun

1.
sheep's udderclassical
The udder of a sheep, which has layers or folds.

قَبْقَبname

1.
lionclassical
The lion.

قَبْقَبَverb

1.
clashed teethclassical
The lion moved its teeth.

قَبْقَابname

1.
lionclassical
The lion.

حِمَار قَبَانnoun

1.
type of wild assclassical
A type of wild ass with a smooth, strong body, a head like a beetle, and long legs.

عِير قَبَانname

1.
type of wild assclassical
A piebald, white-legged wild ass with a nose like a hedgehog that feigns death when moved.

Parallel reading

قَبَّ القوم يقبون قبا: صخبوا في خصومة أو تمار.

The people shouted loudly in a dispute or argument.

وقب الأسد والفحل يقب قبا وقبيبا إذا سمعت قعقعة أنيابه.

The lion and the stud-horse made a clashing sound with their teeth.

وما سمعنا العام قابة أي صوت رعد، يذهب به إلى القبيب؛

We did not hear any 'qaba' this year, meaning the sound of thunder, which is related to 'qabib'.

وما أصابتهم قابة أي قطرة.

No 'qaba' struck them, meaning a drop.

قب ظهره يقب قبوبا إذا ضرب بالسوط وغيره فجف، فذلك القبوب.

His back dried up after being struck with a whip or similar; that is 'qubub'.

إذا قب ظهره فردوه إلي أي إذا اندملت آثار ضربه وجفت؛

If his back has dried up, return him to me, meaning when the marks of his beating have healed and dried.

يقتب رأس العظم دون المفصل،

He cuts off the head of the bone without the joint.

ما ترك عندي قابة إلا اقتبها، ولا نقارة إلا انتقرها؛

He left nothing with me that he didn't cut off, nor any choice word that he didn't pick out.

والقب: ما يدخل في جيب القميص من الرقاع.

And 'al-qabb' is the patch that enters the collar of a shirt.

والقب: الثقب الذي يجري فيه المحور من المحالة؛

And 'al-qabb' is the hole through which the axle passes in a pulley.

كانت درعه صدرا لا قب لها ، أي لا ظهر لها؛

His armor was a breastplate with no 'qabb' for it, meaning no back.

والقب: رئيس القوم وسيدهم؛

And 'al-qabb' is the chief and leader of the people.

And 'al-qabb' is the space between the hips.

وقب الدبر: مفرج ما بين الأليتين.

And 'qabb al-dubur' is the cleft between the buttocks.

ألزق قبك بالأرض.

Press your 'qabb' (bone between buttocks) to the ground.

خير الناس القبيون.

The best of people are the 'qubiyyun'.

والبطن مقبوب

And the belly is lean.

إنها جداء قباء ؛

She is short-limbed and lean-bellied.

رأى قبة مضروبة في المسجد.

He saw a dome pitched in the mosque.

لا تحسبن مراس الحرب، إذ خطرت، ... أكل القباب، وأدم الرغف بالصير

Do not think the onset of war, when it begins, ... is like eating 'al-qubab' (a type of fish) and the skin of bread.

حمار قبان يسوق أرنبا

A 'himar qaban' (type of wild ass) herding a rabbit.

من كفي شر لقلقه وقبقبه وذبذبه، فقد وقي.

Whoever is protected from the evil of his chatter, his belly, and his fidgeting, has indeed been protected.

لعساء يا ذات الحر القبقاب

La'sa', O one with the wide 'al-qabqab' (vulva).

لكم طلقت، في قيس عيلان، من حر، ... وقد كان قبقابا، رماح الأراقم

You have divorced many, among Qays 'Aylan, from the free ones, ... and he was a loud talker, like the spears of the Arqam.

لا آتيك العام ولا قابل ولا قباقب

I will not come to you this year, nor the next, nor 'qabaqib'.

قب قب

The sound of a sword striking.