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قبيل

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See also: قتيل

Arabic

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Root
ق ب ل (q b l)
19 terms

Etymology 1

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From قَبِلَ (qabila), to receive kindly.

Noun

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قَبِيل (qabīlm

  1. guarantor
  2. bail bond agent, bondsman
  3. surety
  4. kind, specimen, sort
  5. tribe
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Diminutive of قَبْل (qabl).

Preposition

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قُبَيْلَ (qubayla)

  1. shortly before


    Inflected forms
Base form قُبَيْلَ (qubayla)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person قُبَيْلِي (qubaylī) قُبَيْلَنَا (qubaylanā)
Second person قُبَيْلَكَ (qubaylaka) قُبَيْلَكِ (qubaylaki) قُبَيْلَكُمَا (qubaylakumā) قُبَيْلَكُمْ (qubaylakum) قُبَيْلَكُنَّ (qubaylakunna)
Third person قُبَيْلَهُ (qubaylahu) قُبَيْلَهَا (qubaylahā) قُبَيْلَهُمَا (qubaylahumā) قُبَيْلَهُمْ (qubaylahum) قُبَيْلَهُنَّ (qubaylahunna)
Antonyms
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