قبيل

See also: قتيل

Arabic

Root
ق ب ل (q b l)
19 terms

Etymology 1

From قَبِلَ (qabila), to receive kindly.

Noun

قَبِيل • (qabīl) m

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

Declension

Declension of noun قَبِيل (qabīl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَبِيل qabīl	الْقَبِيل al-qabīl	قَبِيل qabīl
Nominative	قَبِيلٌ qabīlun	الْقَبِيلُ al-qabīlu	قَبِيلُ qabīlu
Accusative	قَبِيلًا qabīlan	الْقَبِيلَ al-qabīla	قَبِيلَ qabīla
Genitive	قَبِيلٍ qabīlin	الْقَبِيلِ al-qabīli	قَبِيلِ qabīli

Etymology 2

Diminutive of قَبْل (qabl).

Preposition

قُبَيْلَ • (qubayla)

1. shortly before

Inflected forms

base form					قُبَيْلَ (qubayla)
Personal-pronoun including forms
	singular		dual	plural
	m	f		m	f
1st person	قُبَيْلِي (qubaylī)		قُبَيْلَنَا (qubaylanā)
2nd person	قُبَيْلَكَ (qubaylaka)	قُبَيْلَكِ (qubaylaki)	قُبَيْلَكُمَا (qubaylakumā)	قُبَيْلَكُمْ (qubaylakum)	قُبَيْلَكُنَّ (qubaylakunna)
3rd person	قُبَيْلَهُ (qubaylahu)	قُبَيْلَهَا (qubaylahā)	قُبَيْلَهُمَا (qubaylahumā)	قُبَيْلَهُمْ (qubaylahum)	قُبَيْلَهُنَّ (qubaylahunna)

Antonyms

• بُعَيْدَ (buʕayda)