قبو
Root entry · 23 derived lemmasThe 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
- 1.to gather with fingersclassical
To gather or collect something with one's fingers, bringing them together.
- 2.to lift, raiseclassical
To lift or raise a structure, such as a building.
- 3.to harvestclassical
To harvest saffron or safflower.
- 4.to curve, archclassical
To make something curved or arched.
- 5.to attack, assailclassical
To attack or assail someone in their affairs.
- 1.gathering of lipsclassical
The joining or closing of the lips.
- 1.a plantclassical
A type of plant.
- 2.a type of treeclassical
A type of tree.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1.to gather, collectclassical
To gather or collect goods or belongings.
- 1.to make a qaba fromclassical
To cut or make a qaba garment from a piece of fabric.
- 1.to wearclassical
To wear a garment.
- 1.to approach from behindclassical
To approach someone from behind, specifically from their nape.
- 2.to become like a domeclassical
To become shaped like a dome, in terms of height and roundness.
- 1.safflower collectorclassical
A woman who collects and gathers safflower.
- 1.a stingy personclassical
A stingy or miserly person, due to their tightness or parsimony.
- 1.wine drinkersclassical
A group of people who gather to drink wine.
- 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.a place between Mecca and Basraclassical
A location situated between the cities of Mecca and Basra.
- 1.a place in Ferganaclassical
A place in the Fergana region, to which scholars like Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad Al-Qabawi are attributed.
- 1.to hide, conceal oneselfclassical
For a person to hide or conceal themselves from others.
- 1.two bow lengthsclassical
A variant pronunciation or spelling for 'qab qawsayn' (قاب قوسين), meaning 'two bow lengths' or 'very close'.
- 1.two bow lengthsclassical
A variant pronunciation or spelling for 'qab qawsayn' (قاب قوسين), meaning 'two bow lengths' or 'very close'.
- 1.fatty, very fattyclassical
Describing something or someone as having a lot of fat or being very fatty.
- 1.a desert, wastelandclassical
A large, barren desert or wasteland, used in the dialect of Himyar.
- 1.a joining, a claspclassical
A joining or clasping, particularly used in the dialect of the people of Medina.
- 1.a rounded vowel soundclassical
A rounded vowel sound, specifically a dammah (ـُ), as defined by Al-Khalil.
- 1.an archclassical
An arch formed by connecting one part to another, as mentioned by Ibn al-Athir.
- 1.a village in Yemenclassical
A village in Yemen, located south of Zabid.
- 2.a city near Shashclassical
A city near Shash, from which Abu al-Makarim Rizq Allah ibn Muhammad Al-Qabawi hailed.