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قوب

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of digging, excavating, or making a hole, often leading to something breaking or splitting open. It also extends to concepts of peeling, shedding, and the space between parts, as well as a specific skin condition.

Derived headwords

قَبَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to dig a holeclassical

    To dig a hole in the earth, causing it to collapse or become hollowed out.

أَقْوَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to dig a holeclassical

    To dig a hole in the earth, causing it to collapse or become hollowed out. It is synonymous with قَبَتَ.

تَقَوَّبَverb
  1. 1.
    to break openboth

    To break or split open from its origin, like an egg hatching.

  2. 2.
    to peel offboth

    To peel or flake off from a surface, such as skin from the head.

تَقْوِيبًاnoun
  1. 1.
    digging a holeclassical

    The act of digging a hole in the earth, causing it to collapse or become hollowed out. It is synonymous with قَبَتَ.

انْقَابَverb
  1. 1.
    to collapseclassical

    To collapse or become hollowed out, referring to the earth after being dug.

  2. 2.
    to split openboth

    To split open, as an egg does when hatching.

تَقَوَّبَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to split openboth

    To split open, as an egg does when hatching. It is synonymous with انْقَابَ.

مُتَقَوِّبadjective
  1. 1.
    skinnedclassical

    Having had its skin removed, specifically referring to a snake that has shed its skin.

قَائِبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    eggclassical

    An egg, particularly one that is about to hatch or has hatched.

قَوْبnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of الْقَوْبَاءُ.both

    plural of الْقَوْبَاءُ.

قَوْبَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    ringwormboth

    A well-known skin disease characterized by peeling and spreading, often treated with saliva. It is feminine and indeclinable.

قُوبَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    ringwormboth

    A well-known skin disease characterized by peeling and spreading, often treated with saliva. This is the pronounced form of the word.

قُوَيْبَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    small ringwormboth

    The diminutive form of قوباء, referring to a small patch of the skin disease.

قُوَيْبَىnoun
  1. 1.
    small ringwormboth

    The diminutive form of قوباء when the 'waw' is quiescent, referring to a small patch of the skin disease.

قَابُ قَوْسَيْنnoun
  1. 1.
    two bow lengthsboth

    A measure of distance, equivalent to the length of two bows, or very close.

قَابُ قَوْسٍnoun
  1. 1.
    meaning, the length of a bow.both

    meaning, the length of a bow.

قَابnoun
  1. 1.
    space betweenboth

    The space or distance between two things, specifically the part of a bow between the grip and the tip.

قُوبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    steadfastnessclassical

    Steadfastness in the home; being firmly established and not leaving one's dwelling.

Parallel reading

قَبَتَ الأرضَ أقْوَبَها، إذا حفرت فيها حفرة مقورة، فانقابت هي.
You dig a hole in the earth, making it hollow, and it collapses.
وقوَّبَت الأرضَ تقويباً مثله.
And you dig a hole in the earth, causing it to collapse.
وتقوَّب الشئ، إذا انقلع من أصله.
And a thing breaks open, if it is uprooted from its origin.
وقابَ الطائرُ بيضتَه، أي فلقها، فانقابت البيضة وتقوَّبَت بمعنى.
And the bird broke its egg, meaning it split it open, and the egg split open and broke open in the same sense.
وتقوَّب من رأسه مواضع، أي تقشر.
And places on his head peeled off, meaning they flaked.
والأسود المتقوِّب، هو الذي سلخ جلده من الحيات.
And the skinned snake is one whose skin has been shed by the serpent.
برئت قائبة من قوب.
The egg is free from the chick.
فالقائبة: البيضة، والقوب، بالضم: الفرخ.
The 'qa'ibah' is the egg, and 'qawb', with dammah, is the chick.
إذا بلغت بك مكان كذا فبرئت قائبة من قوب، أي أنا برئ من خفارتك.
If you reach such a place, then the egg is free from the chick, meaning I am absolved of my protection.
والقوباء: داء معروف يتقشر ويتسع، يعالج بالريق: وهي مؤنثة لا تنصرف، وجمعها قوب.
And 'al-quba'' is a known disease that peels and spreads, treated with saliva; it is feminine and indeclinable, and its plural is 'qub'.
يا عجبا لهذه الفليقه * هل تغلبن القوباء الريقه.
Oh, how strange this wound is! * Can ringworm overcome saliva?
فمن قال قوباء بالتحريك قال في تصغيره قويباء، ومن سكن قال قويبي.
So whoever says 'quba'' with vocalization says in its diminutive 'quwayba', and whoever makes it quiescent says 'quwaybi'.
بينهما قاب قوس وقيب قوس، وقاد قوس وقيد قوس، أي قدر قوس.
Between them is the length of a bow, and the length of a bow, and the length of a bow, and the length of a bow, meaning the measure of a bow.
والقاب: ما بين المقبض والسية. ولكل قوس قابان.
And the 'qab' is what is between the grip and the nock. And every bow has two 'qab'.
فكان قاب قوسين أو أدنى.
And he was two bow lengths or nearer.
فلان ملئ قوبة، مثال همزة، أي ثابت الدار مقيم.
So-and-so is full of steadfastness, like 'hamzah', meaning firm in the house and resident.