قب

Arabic

Verb

قَبَّ • (qabba) I (non-past يَقُبُّ (yaqubbu), verbal noun قَبّ (qabb))

1. (transitive) to chop off (e.g. someone's hand)
2. (intransitive) to stand on end, to bristle (e.g. of hair)
3. (intransitive) to stand up, to straighten up, to stand erect
4. (intransitive) to rise, to ascend
5. (transitive) to wrap [with accusative ‘a garment’ and عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘around someone’]
6. (transitive) to build (a dome)
7. (transitive) to outfit (a building) with a dome
8. (transitive) to round (one's belly) into a dome shape
9. (transitive) to gather (one's limbs) into a dome shape
10. (intransitive) to wither (of a plant)
11. (intransitive) to close up and dry up (of an open wound)
12. (intransitive) to become thin and emaciated (of a person or one's stomach)
13. (intransitive) to quarrel noisily
14. (intransitive) to roar with a clattering of fangs (of a lion)
15. (intransitive) to clatter (of fangs)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of قَبَّ (I, geminate, a ~ u, full passive, verbal noun قَبّ)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						قَبّ qabb
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						قَابّ qābb
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَقْبُوب maqbūb
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	قَبَبْتُ qababtu	قَبَبْتَ qababta	قَبَّ qabba		قَبَبْتُمَا qababtumā	قَبَّا qabbā		قَبَبْنَا qababnā	قَبَبْتُمْ qababtum	قَبُّوا qabbū
	f		قَبَبْتِ qababti	قَبَّتْ qabbat			قَبَّتَا qabbatā			قَبَبْتُنَّ qababtunna	قَبَبْنَ qababna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَقُبُّ ʔaqubbu	تَقُبُّ taqubbu	يَقُبُّ yaqubbu		تَقُبَّانِ taqubbāni	يَقُبَّانِ yaqubbāni		نَقُبُّ naqubbu	تَقُبُّونَ taqubbūna	يَقُبُّونَ yaqubbūna
	f		تَقُبِّينَ taqubbīna	تَقُبُّ taqubbu			تَقُبَّانِ taqubbāni			تَقْبُبْنَ taqbubna	يَقْبُبْنَ yaqbubna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَقُبَّ ʔaqubba	تَقُبَّ taqubba	يَقُبَّ yaqubba		تَقُبَّا taqubbā	يَقُبَّا yaqubbā		نَقُبَّ naqubba	تَقُبُّوا taqubbū	يَقُبُّوا yaqubbū
	f		تَقُبِّي taqubbī	تَقُبَّ taqubba			تَقُبَّا taqubbā			تَقْبُبْنَ taqbubna	يَقْبُبْنَ yaqbubna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَقُبَّ, أَقُبِّ, أَقْبُبْ ʔaqubba, ʔaqubbi, ʔaqbub	تَقُبَّ, تَقُبِّ, تَقْبُبْ taqubba, taqubbi, taqbub	يَقُبَّ, يَقُبِّ, يَقْبُبْ yaqubba, yaqubbi, yaqbub		تَقُبَّا taqubbā	يَقُبَّا yaqubbā		نَقُبَّ, نَقُبِّ, نَقْبُبْ naqubba, naqubbi, naqbub	تَقُبُّوا taqubbū	يَقُبُّوا yaqubbū
	f		تَقُبِّي taqubbī	تَقُبَّ, تَقُبِّ, تَقْبُبْ taqubba, taqubbi, taqbub			تَقُبَّا taqubbā			تَقْبُبْنَ taqbubna	يَقْبُبْنَ yaqbubna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		قُبَّ, قُبِّ, اُقْبُبْ qubba, qubbi, uqbub			قُبَّا qubbā				قُبُّوا qubbū
	f		قُبِّي qubbī							اُقْبُبْنَ uqbubna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	قُبِبْتُ qubibtu	قُبِبْتَ qubibta	قُبَّ qubba		قُبِبْتُمَا qubibtumā	قُبَّا qubbā		قُبِبْنَا qubibnā	قُبِبْتُمْ qubibtum	قُبُّوا qubbū
	f		قُبِبْتِ qubibti	قُبَّتْ qubbat			قُبَّتَا qubbatā			قُبِبْتُنَّ qubibtunna	قُبِبْنَ qubibna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُقَبُّ ʔuqabbu	تُقَبُّ tuqabbu	يُقَبُّ yuqabbu		تُقَبَّانِ tuqabbāni	يُقَبَّانِ yuqabbāni		نُقَبُّ nuqabbu	تُقَبُّونَ tuqabbūna	يُقَبُّونَ yuqabbūna
	f		تُقَبِّينَ tuqabbīna	تُقَبُّ tuqabbu			تُقَبَّانِ tuqabbāni			تُقْبَبْنَ tuqbabna	يُقْبَبْنَ yuqbabna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُقَبَّ ʔuqabba	تُقَبَّ tuqabba	يُقَبَّ yuqabba		تُقَبَّا tuqabbā	يُقَبَّا yuqabbā		نُقَبَّ nuqabba	تُقَبُّوا tuqabbū	يُقَبُّوا yuqabbū
	f		تُقَبِّي tuqabbī	تُقَبَّ tuqabba			تُقَبَّا tuqabbā			تُقْبَبْنَ tuqbabna	يُقْبَبْنَ yuqbabna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُقَبَّ, أُقَبِّ, أُقْبَبْ ʔuqabba, ʔuqabbi, ʔuqbab	تُقَبَّ, تُقَبِّ, تُقْبَبْ tuqabba, tuqabbi, tuqbab	يُقَبَّ, يُقَبِّ, يُقْبَبْ yuqabba, yuqabbi, yuqbab		تُقَبَّا tuqabbā	يُقَبَّا yuqabbā		نُقَبَّ, نُقَبِّ, نُقْبَبْ nuqabba, nuqabbi, nuqbab	تُقَبُّوا tuqabbū	يُقَبُّوا yuqabbū
	f		تُقَبِّي tuqabbī	تُقَبَّ, تُقَبِّ, تُقْبَبْ tuqabba, tuqabbi, tuqbab			تُقَبَّا tuqabbā			تُقْبَبْنَ tuqbabna	يُقْبَبْنَ yuqbabna

References

• “قب” in Almaany
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قِبّ (qibb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qubː/

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Noun

قب • (qubb) m (plural قباب (qbāb))

1. hood (headwear)

Related terms

• قبية (qubbiyya)