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انكب

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Arabic

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Root
ك ب ب (k b b)
9 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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اِنْكَبَّ (inkabba) VII (non-past يَنْكَبُّ (yankabbu), verbal noun اِنْكِبَاب (inkibāb))

  1. to get down, to fall prostrate
  2. (figurative) to devote oneself or to focus, to engage in, to begin with or initiate, to throw oneself into [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘a task, etc.’]
    اَلْعُمَّالُ يَنْكَبُّونَ عَلَى عَمَلِهِمْ.
    al-ʕummālu yankabbūna ʕalā ʕamalihim.
    The workers devote themselves to their work.

Conjugation

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ك ب ب
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic اِنْكَبَّ (inkabba).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.kabb/, [ɪnˈkab]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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انكبّ (inkabb) VII (present بنكبّ (binkabb))

  1. passive of كبّ (kabb):
    1. to be spilled
    2. to be tossed, thrown out, thrown away
      الكمّامة لازم تتغيّر وتنكبّ كلّ تمن لعشر ساعات.
      il-kammāme lāzem titḡayyar w tinkabb kull taman la-ʕašr sāʕāt
      The mask must be changed and thrown away every eight to ten hours.

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of انكبّ (inkabb)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m انكبّيت (inkabbēt) انكبّيت (inkabbēt) انكبّ (inkabb) انكبّينا (inkabbēna) انكبّيتو (inkabbētu) انكبّو (inkabbu)
f انكبّيتي (inkabbēti) انكبّت (inkabbat)
present m بنكبّ (bankabb) بتنكبّ (btinkabb) بنكبّ (binkabb) مننكبّ (mninkabb) بتنكبّو (btinkabbu) بنكبّو (binkabbu)
f بتنكبّي (btinkabbi) بتنكبّ (btinkabb)
subjunctive m انكبّ (ankabb) تنكبّ (tinkabb) ينكبّ (yinkabb) ننكبّ (ninkabb) تنكبّو (tinkabbu) ينكبّو (yinkabbu)
f تنكبّي (tinkabbi) تنكبّ (tinkabb)
imperative m انكبّ (inkabb) انكبّو (inkabbu)
f انكبّي (inkabbi)