← Back to Al-Sihah

قءب

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of consuming liquids, specifically drinking, and by extension, eating. It can also refer to excessive drinking.

Derived headwords

قَأَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to eatclassical

    To consume food.

  2. 2.
    to drinkclassical

    To consume liquid, especially to drink all of it.

قَعْبnoun
  1. 1.
    drinkingclassical

    The act of drinking, particularly in large quantities.

قَئِبَverb
  1. 1.
    to drink excessivelyclassical

    To drink a large amount of water.

مِقْعَبnoun
  1. 1.
    drinkerclassical

    One who drinks excessively.

Parallel reading

قأبت الطعام: أكلته.
Qa'aba the food: he ate it.
وقأبت الماء: شربت كل ms0163 ما في الاناء.
And qa'aba the water: he drank all that was in the vessel.
دعوت (2) عنزي ومسحت قعبى
I called my goats and wiped my drinking vessel
ثم تهيأت لشرب قأب
Then I prepared myself for drinking.
وقئب الرجل، إذا أكثر من شرب الماء، مثل صئب، فهو مقأب على مفعل.
And the man qai'aba, if he drank a lot of water, like sa'aba, he is a miq'ab on the pattern of mif'al.