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Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to falling forward, collapsing, or being covered. It extends to concepts of being extinguished, obscured, or suppressed, as well as physical objects associated with these actions like a pile or a brazier.

Derived headwords

كَبَاverb
  1. 1.
    to fall on one's faceboth

    To fall forward onto one's face.

  2. 2.
    to fail to igniteclassical

    Said of a flint (الزند), meaning it did not produce a spark.

  3. 3.
    to riseclassical

    Said of embers (الجمر), meaning they rose or glowed.

  4. 4.
    to suppress a cough/asthmaclassical

    Said of a horse, meaning it suppressed its labored breathing.

  5. 5.
    to pour outclassical

    Said of a jug (الكوز), meaning to pour out its contents.

  6. 6.
    to witherclassical

    Said of a plant (النبت), meaning it withered or drooped.

  7. 7.
    to be coveredclassical

    Said of dust (الغبار), meaning it covered or settled.

كَبَاnoun
  1. 1.
    a fallboth

    The act of falling forward, a stumble.

  2. 2.
    dustclassical

    Dust or dirt that covers something.

  3. 3.
    a pauseclassical

    A pause or hesitation you make when facing something you dislike.

  4. 4.
    a brazierclassical

    A brazier, especially one filled with embers.

أَكْبَىverb
  1. 1.
    to fall forwardclassical

    To fall forward onto one's face; synonymous with كبا.

الكُبْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a fallboth

    The act of falling forward, a stumble.

  2. 2.
    dustclassical

    Dust or dirt that covers something.

  3. 3.
    a pauseclassical

    A pause or hesitation you make when facing something you dislike.

  4. 4.
    a brazierclassical

    A brazier, especially one filled with embers.

الكُبَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    pileclassical

    A heap or pile, like a pile of dung.

كُبَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    pileclassical

    A heap or pile, like a pile of dung.

كُبُونnoun
  1. 1.
    pilesclassical

    Plural of كبة, meaning heaps or piles.

الكِنَاسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sweepingclassical

    The place where swept refuse is gathered; a rubbish heap.

أَكْبَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    pilesclassical

    Plural of كبة, meaning heaps or piles.

كِسَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    incense stickclassical

    A stick of incense, or a piece of it.

كَبَىnoun
  1. 1.
    incense stickclassical

    A stick of incense, or a piece of it.

كَبِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    elevatedclassical

    Elevated or high.

الكَابِيadjective
  1. 1.
    elevatedclassical

    Elevated or high.

سَمَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    نزclassical

    The نز (a type of celestial phenomenon or light), and what emerges from the moon.

تَكَبَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to cover oneselfclassical

    To cover oneself with a garment over a brazier.

اكْتَبَىverb
  1. 1.
    to cover oneselfclassical

    To cover oneself with a garment over a brazier.

كَبَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to cover with ashesclassical

    To throw ashes onto a fire.

أَكْبَىverb
  1. 1.
    to alterclassical

    To alter one's face.

كَابِيname
  1. 1.
    Al-Haytham ibn Kabiclassical

    A hadith narrator.

Parallel reading

كبا كبوا وكبوا: انكب على وجهه
He fell forward, falling forward and falling forward: he fell on his face.
والزند: لم يور، كأكبى
And the flint: it did not spark, like akba.
والجمر: ارتفع
And the embers: they rose.
والفرس: كتم الربو
And the horse: it suppressed its labored breathing.
والكوز: صب ما فيه
And the jug: it poured out what was in it.
والنبت: ذوي
And the plant: it withered.
والغبار: علا
And the dust: it settled.
والكبا، كإلى: الكناسة، تثنى كبوان ج: أكباء، كالكبة، كثبة ج: كبون، والمزبلة.
And al-kaba, like ilaa: the rubbish heap, dual kabawaan, plural akbaa', like al-kubbah, a heap j: kuboon, and the dung heap.
وككساء: عود البخور، أو ضرب منه ج: ms1850 كبى
And like kisaa': a stick of incense, or a piece of it pl: ms1850 kaba.
وبالضم: المرتفع، كالكابي.
And with damma: the elevated, like al-kaabi.
وتكبى على المجمرة: أكب عليها بثوبه، كاكتبى.
And he covered himself over the brazier: he covered himself over it with his garment, like iktaba.
وكبى النار تكبية: ألقى عليها رمادا.
And he covered the fire with ashes (takbiyah): he threw ashes upon it.
وأكبى وجهه: غيره.
And he altered his face: he changed it.
والكبوة: الغبرة، والوقفة منك لرجل عند الشيء تكرهه، وبالضم: المجمرة.
And al-kabweh: the dust, and the pause you make before a man at something you dislike, and with damma: the brazier.
والهيثم بن كابي: محدث.
And Al-Haytham ibn Kabi: a hadith narrator.
وهو كابي الرماد: عظيمه.
And he is kaabi al-ramaad: its great one.