قرب

Root entry · 41 derived lemmas

The root 'قرب' primarily relates to proximity, nearness, and closeness. It extends to concepts of approaching, offering, and bringing something near, as well as the idea of being close in time or status. It also encompasses related terms like gifts, sacrifices, and even specific types of vessels or geographical locations.

Derived headwords

قَرُبَverb

1.
to be nearboth
To be close in distance, time, or relationship.

أَقْرَبَverb

1.
to bring nearboth
To cause something to be closer or nearer.
2.
to approach (time)both
Used for the approaching of a deadline or event, like childbirth.

أقربت الحامل — The pregnant woman's delivery approached.

قَارَبَverb

1.
to approachboth
To draw near to something, to be close to it.
2.
to be similarboth
To be close in quality or degree, to be nearly equal.
3.
to approximateboth
To be close to a certain amount or value.

واقترب الوعد — And the promise drew near.

قارب الخطو — The horse shortened its stride.

تَقَارَبَverb

1.
to be near each otherboth
To become close in distance or relationship; the opposite of to be far apart.

اقْتَرَبَverb

1.
to approachboth
To come near to something or someone.

قُرْبٌnoun

1.
nearnessboth
The state of being close in distance, time, or relationship.
2.
proximityboth
The state of being near.

قِرَابٌnoun

1.
nearnessboth
The state of being close, often used in phrases indicating approximate quantity or time.
2.
sheathclassical
A scabbard for a sword.
3.
approximate amountboth
A quantity that is close to a specific amount.

إن الفرار بقراب أكيس — Fleeing while still close enough to escape is wiser.

قِرَابَةٌnoun

1.
nearnessboth
Proximity, closeness.
2.
kinshipboth
Relationship by blood or marriage.

قُرْبَانٌnoun

1.
offeringboth
A gift or sacrifice made to a deity to express devotion or seek favor.
2.
sacrificeboth
An act of offering something precious to a deity.
3.
close associateclassical
A close confidant or attendant, especially of a king.

والقربان، بالضم؛ ما يتقرب به إلى الله تعالى — And al-qurbān, with damma; is that by which one draws near to God Almighty.

قربانهم دماؤهم — Their sacrifices are their blood.

قُرَابِينٌnoun

1.
offeringsboth
Plural of qurbān, gifts or sacrifices made to God.
2.
close associatesclassical
Plural of qurbān, referring to close attendants or confidants.

تَقَرُّبٌnoun

1.
seeking nearnessboth
The act of seeking to draw closer to God or someone else, often through devotion or good deeds.

طلب القربة والوسيلة به عنده — Seeking nearness and a means of access to Him.

مُقَارِبٌadjective

1.
moderateboth
Something that is intermediate between good and bad, or average.
2.
inexpensiveclassical
Something that is not valuable or costly.

شيء مقارب، بالكسر — A moderate thing, with kasra.

دين مقارب، بالكسر؛ ومتاع مقارب، بالفتح — A moderate debt, with kasra; and moderate goods, with fatha.

مُقَرِّبٌadjective

1.
approaching deliveryboth
Describing a pregnant animal whose time of giving birth is near.
2.
honoredclassical
Describing a horse that is well-bred, trained, and kept close for service.

فهي مقرب — And she is approaching delivery.

مُقَرَّبٌadjective

1.
brought nearboth
Something that has been made close or brought nearer.
2.
prepared for ridingclassical
Describing horses that are trained and kept ready for riding.

مَقْرُبَةٌnoun

1.
close attendantclassical
A horse that is kept near and prepared for riding, or a camel equipped with royal saddles.

ما هاذه الإبل المقربة؟ — What are these prepared camels?

مُتَقَارِبٌnoun

1.
a meter in Arabic poetryclassical
A specific poetic meter characterized by the close arrangement of its rhythmic units (wutads and asbab).

قَارِبٌnoun

1.
small boatboth
A small vessel, often accompanying larger ships for various tasks.
2.
water seekerclassical
One who seeks or fetches water.

والقارب: السفينة الصغيرة — And al-qārib: the small ship.

فجلسوا في أقرب السفينة — So they sat in the nearest part of the ship.

قَوَارِبٌnoun

1.
small boatsboth
Plural of qārib, small vessels.

قِرْبَةٌnoun

1.
waterskinboth
A container made of animal skin for holding water or milk.
2.
leather bagboth
A bag made of leather, often for carrying liquids.

والقربة، بالكسر: من الأسقية — And al-qirbah, with kasra: is from the waterskins.

قَرِيبٌadjective

1.
nearboth
Close in distance, time, or relationship.
2.
relatedboth
Having a familial connection.
3.
salted fishclassical
Preserved fish that is still fresh.

قُرْبَىnoun

1.
nearnessboth
Closeness, proximity.
2.
kinshipboth
Relationship by blood or marriage.

قُرَابَةٌnoun

1.
nearnessboth
Proximity, closeness.
2.
kinshipboth
Relationship by blood or marriage.

قُرْبَانٌname

1.
a place nameclassical
A valley in Najd.

قُرْبَةٌname

1.
a place nameclassical
Another valley.

قَارَبَname

1.
a nameclassical
A name for a horse.

قُرْبِيُّونَname

1.
a group of hadith narratorsclassical
A nisba referring to a group of hadith scholars.

قَرِيبٌname

1.
a nameclassical
A name of a messenger, a narrator, a relative of a famous linguist, and a leader of the Khawarij.

قَرِيبَةٌname

1.
a nameclassical
The name of two female companions (Sahabiyyat) and two female Successors (Tabi'at).

قُرْبَانٌnoun

1.
nearnessclassical
The state of being close, used metaphorically.

قُرَابَةٌnoun

1.
approximate quantityboth
A quantity that is close to a certain amount.

إن لقيتني بقراب الأرض خطيئة — If you meet me with a sin that fills the earth.

قُرَابُnoun

1.
nearnessboth
Proximity, closeness.

افعل ذالك بقراب — Do that with nearness.

قُرَابُهُnoun

1.
approximate amountboth
A quantity that is close to a certain amount.

ومعه ملء قدح ماء أو قرابه — And with him is a full cup of water or its approximate amount.

قُرَابَةَnoun

1.
approximate amountboth
A quantity that is close to a certain amount.

قُرْبَانٌnoun

1.
near-fullnessclassical
Describing a vessel that is close to being full.

إناء قربان — A near-full vessel.

قُرْبَانَانِnoun

1.
near-full vesselsclassical
Dual form of a vessel that is close to being full.

قِرَابٌnoun

1.
near-fullnessclassical
Describing a vessel that is close to being full.

وقدحان قربانان، والجمع قراب — And two near-full cups, and the plural is qirāb.

مُقَارَبَةٌnoun

1.
sexual intercourseclassical
The act of sexual intercourse.

المقاربة، والقراب: المشاغرة — Al-muqārabah, and al-qirāb: are sexual intercourse.

قُرُبَاتٌnoun

1.
waterskinsboth
Plural of qirbah, containers for water.

قُرُبَاتٌnoun

1.
waterskinsboth
Plural of qirbah, containers for water.

قُرُبَاتٌnoun

1.
waterskinsboth
Plural of qirbah, containers for water.

قُرُبٌnoun

1.
waterskinsboth
Plural of qirbah, containers for water.

Parallel reading

وأقرب القوم، فهم قاربون، على غير قياس: إذا كانت إبلهم متقاربة.

And the people are the closest, so they are the ones who are close, unconventionally: if their camels are close together.

قد قلت يوما والركاب كأنها قوارب طير حان منها ورودها

I said one day, and the camels were like boats of birds whose arrival was imminent.

وهو يقرب حاجته، أي: يطلبها

And he seeks his need, meaning: he asks for it.

إن كنا لنلتقي في اليوم مرارا، يسأل بعضنا بعضا، وإن نقرب بذالك إلا أن نحمد الله تعالى

We used to meet many times a day, asking each other, and we would seek nothing by that except to praise God Almighty.

أي ما نطلب بذالك إلا حمد الله تعالى

Meaning, we seek nothing by that except the praise of God Almighty.

نقرب، أي: نطلب

We seek, meaning: we ask for.

ما لي قارب ولا هارب

I have neither a comer nor a goer.

وما كنت إلا كقارب ورد، وطالب وجد

And I was nothing but like one who approaches a watering place, and a seeker who finds.

والقربان، بالضم؛ ما يتقرب به إلى الله تعالى

And al-qurbān, with damma; is that by which one draws near to God Almighty.

قربت إلى الله قربانا

I offered a sacrifice to God.

القربان: ما قربت إلى الله تعالى، تبتغي بذالك قربة ووسيلة

Al-qurbān: is what you bring near to God Almighty, seeking by it closeness and a means of access.

صفة هاذه الأمة في التوراة: قربانهم دماؤهم

The description of this Ummah in the Torah: their sacrifices are their blood.

الصلاة قربان كل تقي

Prayer is the sacrifice of every pious person.

جليس الملك الخاص

The king's special attendant.

تقربا، وتقرابا، بكسرتين مع التشديد، أي: طلب القربة والوسيلة به عنده

Taqarruban, and taqarāban, with two kasras and shadda, meaning: seeking closeness and a means of access to Him.

واقترب الوعد: أي تقارب

And the promise approached: meaning, it drew near.

فإنه يدل على المبالغة في القرب

For it indicates an exaggeration in closeness.

شيء مقارب، بالكسر أي: بكسر الراء، على صيغة اسم الفاعل: أي وسط بين الجيد والرديء

A muqārib thing, with kasra, meaning: with kasra on the ra, in the form of an active participle: meaning, intermediate between good and bad.

أو أنه: دين مقارب، بالكسر؛ ومتاع مقارب، بالفتح

Or it is: a muqārib debt, with kasra; and muqārib goods, with fatha.

أقربت الحامل: قرب ولادها، فهي مقرب

The pregnant woman's delivery approached: her birth is near, so she is muqarrab.

كمقرب الخيل لاءنها تضرح من دنا منها

Like the approaching horses because they are struck by whoever approaches them.

أقرب المهر، والفصيل وغيره: إذا دنا للإثناء

The colt, and the young camel, and others approached: when they neared weaning.

افعل ذالك بقراب، كسحاب

Do that with nearness, like 'sihāb'.

إن الفرار بقراب أكيس

Fleeing while still close enough to escape is wiser.

الفرار بقراب أكيس

Fleeing while still close enough to escape is wiser.

أي بحيث يطمع في السلامة من قرب، ومنهم من يرويه: (بقراب) بضم القاف

Meaning, such that one hopes for safety from a close distance, and some narrate it: (bi-qurāb) with damma on the qaf.

والقراب: القرب

And al-qurāb: is closeness.

إن لقيتني بقراب الأرض خطيئة

If you meet me with a sin that is close to filling the earth.

يزدن على العديد قراب شهر

They increase the count by the nearness of a month.

إذا قارب أن يمتلىء الدلو

When the bucket is close to being full.

معه ألف درهم أو قرابه

He has a thousand dirhams or its approximate amount.

أتيته قراب العشاء، وقراب الليل

I came to him near the evening, and near the night.

إناء قربان

A near-full vessel.

إذا قاربا الامتلاء

When they are close to being full.

وقدحان قربانان، والجمع قراب، مثل عجلان وعجال

And two near-full cups, and the plural is qirāb, like 'ajlān and 'ajāl.

هذا قدح قربان ماء

This is a near-full cup of water.

لو أن لي قراب هاذا ذهبا

If only I had gold equal to the fullness of this.

الفرس التي تدنى، وتقرب، وتكرم، ولا تترك أن ترود

The horse that is brought near, and kept close, and honored, and not left to roam.

وهو مقرب، أو إنما يفعل ذالك بالإناث، لئلأ يقرعها فحل لئيم

And he is muqarrab, or this is only done to females, so that a base stallion does not mount them.

المقربة: التي عليها رحال مقربة بالأدم، وهي مراكب الملوك

Al-muqarrabah: is that which has royal saddles adorned with leather, and they are the mounts of kings.

ما هاذه الإبل المقربة؟

What are these prepared camels?

لقرب أوتاده من أسبابه

Because its wutads are close to its asbabs.

قارب الفرس الخطو: إذا داناه

The horse shortened its stride: if it drew it near.

تقارب الشيئان: تدانيا

The two things approached: they drew near.

التقرب: التدني إلى شيء، والتوصل إلى إنسان بقربة أو بحق

Al-taqarrub: drawing near to something, and reaching a person by closeness or by right.

قرب فلان أهله قربانا، إذا غشيها

So-and-so approached his family intimately, meaning: he had intercourse with them.

المقاربة، والقراب: المشاغرة

Al-muqārabah, and al-qirāb: are sexual intercourse.

القربة: الوطب من اللبن، وقد تكون للماء، أو هي المخروزة من جانب واحد

Al-qirbah: is a skin of milk, and it may be for water, or it is a skin sewn on one side.

فجلسوا في أقرب السفينة

So they sat in the nearest part of the ship.

فأما أقرب، فغير معروف في جمع قارب، إلا أن يكون على غير قياس

As for aqrab, it is not known as a plural of qārib, unless it is irregular.

أقرب السفينة: أدانيها، أي: ما قارب الأرض منها

The nearest part of the ship: its closest part, meaning: what is close to the ground from it.

والقارب: طالب الماء

And al-qārib: is the seeker of water.

ليلا

At night.

السمك المملوح ما دام في طراءته

Salted fish as long as it is in its freshness.

قريب بن ظفر: رسول الكوفيين إلى عمر بن الخطاب، رضي الله عنه

Qarīb ibn Zafar: the messenger of the Kufans to Umar ibn al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him.

قريب عبدي: أي منسوب إلى عبد القيس محدث

Qarīb of Abd Qays: meaning attributed to Abd Qays, a hadith narrator.

قريب، كزبير: لقب والد عبد الملك الأصمعي الباهلي الإمام المشهور

Qarīb, like Zubayr: the title of the father of Abd al-Malik al-Asma'i al-Bahili, the famous imam.

قريب: رئيس للخوارج

Qarīb: a leader of the Khawarij.

قريب بن يعقوب الكاتب

Qarīb ibn Ya'qub the scribe.

وقريبة، كحبيبة: بنت زيد الجشمية، ذكرها ابن حبيب

And Qaribah, like Habibah: the daughter of Zayd al-Jushamiyyah, mentioned by Ibn Habib.

صحابيتان

Two female companions.

وقريبة بنت عبدالله بن وهب، وأخرى غير منسوبة: تابعيتان

And Qaribah daughter of Abdullah ibn Wahb, and another unassigned: two female Successors.