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قبو

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

The root قبو (q-b-w) primarily relates to the concepts of gathering, joining, and contracting, often with a physical connotation. It extends to meanings of lifting, harvesting, and concealing, as well as describing specific garments, plants, and geographical locations.

Derived headwords

قَبَاverb
  1. 1.
    to gather with fingersclassical

    To gather or collect something with one's fingers, bringing them together.

  2. 2.
    to lift, raiseclassical

    To lift or raise a structure, such as a building.

  3. 3.
    to harvestclassical

    To harvest saffron or safflower.

  4. 4.
    to curve, archclassical

    To make something curved or arched.

  5. 5.
    to attack, assailclassical

    To attack or assail someone in their affairs.

قباه بأصابعه — He gathered it with his fingers.
السماء مقبوة — The sky is raised.
قبا الزعفران — He harvested the saffron.
قُبَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering of lipsclassical

    The joining or closing of the lips.

القَبَاnoun
  1. 1.
    a plantclassical

    A type of plant.

  2. 2.
    a type of treeclassical

    A type of tree.

القِبَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    a garmentboth

    A type of garment, often described as having gathered or joined ends. It can be elongated or shortened, masculine or feminine, and is sometimes considered Persian in origin.

تمشى الرامح في قبائه — The spearman walked in his qaba.
كالقباء المفرج — like a spread-out qaba.
قَبَّاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to prepare, make readyclassical

    To prepare or make ready garments, similar to 'abaaha (عباها). This usage is based on a dialectal variation of softening the hamza.

قباها يقباها: عباها — He prepared it, he prepared it: he made it ready.
اقْتَبَىverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, collectclassical

    To gather or collect goods or belongings.

اقتبى المتاع — He gathered the belongings.
قَبَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to make a qaba fromclassical

    To cut or make a qaba garment from a piece of fabric.

قبى الثوب — He made a qaba from the cloth.
تَقَبَّاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to wearclassical

    To wear a garment.

كأنه متقبي — As if he were wearing it.
تَقَبَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to approach from behindclassical

    To approach someone from behind, specifically from their nape.

  2. 2.
    to become like a domeclassical

    To become shaped like a dome, in terms of height and roundness.

تقبى زيدا: أتاه من قبل قفاه — He approached Zayd: he came to him from behind his neck.
تقبى الشيء: صار كالقبة — The thing became like a dome.
قَابِيَةadjective
  1. 1.
    safflower collectorclassical

    A woman who collects and gathers safflower.

كبنان أيدي القابيات — like the fingers of the safflower collectors.
القَابِيَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    a stingy personclassical

    A stingy or miserly person, due to their tightness or parsimony.

بَنُو قَابِيَاءname
  1. 1.
    wine drinkersclassical

    A group of people who gather to drink wine.

قُبَاءname
  1. 1.
    a place near Medinaboth

    A location near the city of Medina, south of it, known for a mosque founded on piety. It is also associated with early Muslims.

  2. 2.
    a place between Mecca and Basraclassical

    A location situated between the cities of Mecca and Basra.

حين حلت بقباء بركها — When its camels rested at Quba.
قَبَاname
  1. 1.
    a place in Ferganaclassical

    A place in the Fergana region, to which scholars like Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad Al-Qabawi are attributed.

انْقَبَىverb
  1. 1.
    to hide, conceal oneselfclassical

    For a person to hide or conceal themselves from others.

انقبى عنا فلان — So-and-so hid from us.
قُبَّيْ قَوْسَيْنِother
  1. 1.
    two bow lengthsclassical

    A variant pronunciation or spelling for 'qab qawsayn' (قاب قوسين), meaning 'two bow lengths' or 'very close'.

قَبَاء قَوْسَيْنِother
  1. 1.
    two bow lengthsclassical

    A variant pronunciation or spelling for 'qab qawsayn' (قاب قوسين), meaning 'two bow lengths' or 'very close'.

المَقْبِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    fatty, very fattyclassical

    Describing something or someone as having a lot of fat or being very fatty.

من كل ذات ثبج مقبي — of every animal with a fatty hump.
القِبَايَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a desert, wastelandclassical

    A large, barren desert or wasteland, used in the dialect of Himyar.

ترتعي بقباية — grazing in a wasteland.
القُبْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a joining, a claspclassical

    A joining or clasping, particularly used in the dialect of the people of Medina.

نبرة مقبوةother
  1. 1.
    a rounded vowel soundclassical

    A rounded vowel sound, specifically a dammah (ـُ), as defined by Al-Khalil.

القَبْوnoun
  1. 1.
    an archclassical

    An arch formed by connecting one part to another, as mentioned by Ibn al-Athir.

قُبَاname
  1. 1.
    a village in Yemenclassical

    A village in Yemen, located south of Zabid.

  2. 2.
    a city near Shashclassical

    A city near Shash, from which Abu al-Makarim Rizq Allah ibn Muhammad Al-Qabawi hailed.

Parallel reading

جمعه بأصابعه
He gathered it with his fingers.
قباه البناء: رفعه
He raised the building: he lifted it.
السماء مقبوة: أي مرفوعة
The sky is raised: meaning lifted.
قبا الزعفران والعصفر: جناه
He harvested the saffron and safflower: he picked it.
تقويس الشيء، وقد قباه قبا
Curving something, and he curved it.
القبوة انضمام ما بين الشفتين
The qubwah is the joining of what is between the lips.
القباء من الثياب لاجتماع أطرافه
The qaba is from garments due to the gathering of its ends.
قبوت الحرف إذا ضممته
You qabawt the letter if you joined it.
قباه تقبية: عباه
He prepared it, a preparation: he made it ready.
اقتبى المتاع واعتباه إذا جمعه
He gathered the belongings and collected them if he gathered them.
قبا عليه: إذا عدا عليه في أمره
He attacked him: if he assailed him in his affair.
قبى الثوب: جعل منه قباء
He made a qaba from the cloth: he fashioned a qaba from it.
تقباه: لبسه
He wore it: he put it on.
تقبى زيدا: أتاه من قبل قفاه
He approached Zayd: he came to him from behind his neck.
تقبى الشيء: صار كالقبة في الارتفاع والانضمام
The thing became like a dome in height and roundness.
امرأة قابية: تلقط العصفر وتجمعه
A qabiyah woman: she picks and gathers safflower.
القابياء: اللئيم لكزازته
The qabiyā': the stingy person due to his parsimony.
بنو قابياء: المجتمعون لشرب الخمر
Banu Qabiyā': those gathered for drinking wine.
قباء: قرب المدينة المشرفة بظاهرها من الجنوب
Quba: near the noble city, on its outskirts from the south.
قباء: ع بين مكة والبصرة
Quba: a place between Mecca and Basra.
قبا، بالقصر: د بفرغانة
Qaba, with shortening: a place in Fergana.
انقبى عنا فلان: استخفى
So-and-so hid from us: he concealed himself.
قبي قوسين: قاب قوسين
Qubbay qawsayn: two bow lengths.
المقبي: الكثير الشحم
The maqbi: the very fatty one.
القباية: المفازة، بلغة حمير
The qabayah: the desert, in the dialect of Himyar.
القبو: الطاق المعقود بعضه إلى بعض
The qabw: the arch connected one part to another.