قبقاب

Arabic

قَبْقَاب

Etymology

From the root ق ب ب (q-b-b), meaning “the side of an animal”, “the belly or abdomen” suggested by Lane to ultimately be onomatopoeic in origin from the sound of a rumbling stomach. It is in this location where a saddle rests, hence derives the sense of a wood suitable for carving and shaping. Related to قَيْقَب (qayqab) and ق و ب (q-w-b), meaning “to carve, peel, or hollow out wood”. Compare Ge'ez ቆጶን (ḳop̣p̣on) – a Cushitic borrowing –, Oromo kopē, kopʿē, Harari ኩብካብ (kubkab), Tigre ቅረቃብ (ḳəräḳab), Gurage ቈቤ (ḳʷäbe), Beja kobā. Dozy suggests an ultimately Old South Arabian origin, a regional wanderwort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qab.qaːb/, /qub.qaːb/

Noun

قَبْقَاب or قُبْقَاب • (qabqāb or qubqāb) m (plural قَبَاقِيب (qabāqīb))

1. patten, clog, chopine

Declension

Declension of noun قَبْقَاب (qabqāb)‎; قُبْقَاب (qubqāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَبْقَاب‎; قُبْقَاب qabqāb‎; qubqāb	الْقَبْقَاب‎; الْقُبْقَاب al-qabqāb‎; al-qubqāb	قَبْقَاب‎; قُبْقَاب qabqāb‎; qubqāb
Nominative	قَبْقَابٌ‎; قُبْقَابٌ qabqābun‎; qubqābun	الْقَبْقَابُ‎; الْقُبْقَابُ al-qabqābu‎; al-qubqābu	قَبْقَابُ‎; قُبْقَابُ qabqābu‎; qubqābu
Accusative	قَبْقَابًا‎; قُبْقَابًا qabqāban‎; qubqāban	الْقَبْقَابَ‎; الْقُبْقَابَ al-qabqāba‎; al-qubqāba	قَبْقَابَ‎; قُبْقَابَ qabqāba‎; qubqāba
Genitive	قَبْقَابٍ‎; قُبْقَابٍ qabqābin‎; qubqābin	الْقَبْقَابِ‎; الْقُبْقَابِ al-qabqābi‎; al-qubqābi	قَبْقَابِ‎; قُبْقَابِ qabqābi‎; qubqābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَبْقَابَيْن‎; قُبْقَابَيْن qabqābayn‎; qubqābayn	الْقَبْقَابَيْن‎; الْقُبْقَابَيْن al-qabqābayn‎; al-qubqābayn	قَبْقَابَيْ‎; قُبْقَابَيْ qabqābay‎; qubqābay
Nominative	قَبْقَابَانِ‎; قُبْقَابَانِ qabqābāni‎; qubqābāni	الْقَبْقَابَانِ‎; الْقُبْقَابَانِ al-qabqābāni‎; al-qubqābāni	قَبْقَابَا‎; قُبْقَابَا qabqābā‎; qubqābā
Accusative	قَبْقَابَيْنِ‎; قُبْقَابَيْنِ qabqābayni‎; qubqābayni	الْقَبْقَابَيْنِ‎; الْقُبْقَابَيْنِ al-qabqābayni‎; al-qubqābayni	قَبْقَابَيْ‎; قُبْقَابَيْ qabqābay‎; qubqābay
Genitive	قَبْقَابَيْنِ‎; قُبْقَابَيْنِ qabqābayni‎; qubqābayni	الْقَبْقَابَيْنِ‎; الْقُبْقَابَيْنِ al-qabqābayni‎; al-qubqābayni	قَبْقَابَيْ‎; قُبْقَابَيْ qabqābay‎; qubqābay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَبَاقِيب qabāqīb	الْقَبَاقِيب al-qabāqīb	قَبَاقِيب qabāqīb
Nominative	قَبَاقِيبُ qabāqību	الْقَبَاقِيبُ al-qabāqību	قَبَاقِيبُ qabāqību
Accusative	قَبَاقِيبَ qabāqība	الْقَبَاقِيبَ al-qabāqība	قَبَاقِيبَ qabāqība
Genitive	قَبَاقِيبَ qabāqība	الْقَبَاقِيبِ al-qabāqībi	قَبَاقِيبِ qabāqībi

Derived terms

• قَبَاقِيبِيّ (qabāqībiyy, “he who crafts such shoes; a family name”)

Descendants

• Andalusian Arabic: قبقاب (qabqāb), قوقب (qawqab), قرقب (qirqab)
• Moroccan Arabic: قرقابة (qarqāba)
• → Georgian: ყაყაბი (q̇aq̇abi, “a kind of footwear (for women)”) (obsolete) — Imereti
  • → Mingrelian: ყაყაბი (q̇aq̇abi, “a kind of high-heeled footwear”), ყაყაფი (q̇aq̇api) (obsolete)
    • → Abkhaz: а-ҟаԥҟаԥ (a-qʼapqʼap), а-ҟаҟаԥ (a-qʼaqʼap)
• → Ottoman Turkish: قبقاب (kabkab)
  • Turkish: kabkab, kapkap
• → Persian: قبقاب (qabqâb)

References

• Beyene, Taddese, editor (1989), Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, University of Addis Ababa, 1984, volume 2, Addis Ababa: Institute of Ethiopian Studies, page 635
• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), “قبقاب”, in Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 999
• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), “قرابقي”, in Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1014, where an occupational قَرَابِقِيّ (qarābiqiyy, “clog-maker”)
• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), “قرقب”, in Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1023
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قرقب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 335
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قبقاب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 303
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845) Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes‎^[3] (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, pages 347–349
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قبقاب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[4] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 392
• Freytag, Georg (1861) Einleitung in das Studium der Arabischen Sprache bis Mohammed und zum Theil später zum allgemeinen Gebrauche auch für die, welche nicht Hebräisch und Arabisch treiben‎^[5] (in German), Bonn: Adolph Marcus, page 118, from 112
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 438

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قُبْقَاب (qubqāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡubˈɡaːb/, [ɡʊbˈɡaːb]

Noun

قبقاب • (gubgāb) m (plural قباقيب (gabāgīb))

1. patten, clog, chopine