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كلب

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See also: كَلْب, کلپ, and کلب

Algerian Arabic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Arabic كلب.

Noun

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كلب (kelb)

  1. dog

Arabic

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الكلب

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Semitic *kalb-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒌨𒂠 (kalbum) and Biblical Hebrew כֶּלֶב (kɛ́lɛḇ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kalb/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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كَلْب (kalbm (plural كِلَاب (kilāb))

  1. dog
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Gulf Arabic: چَلْب (/t͡ʃəlb/), جَلْب (čalb)
  • Hijazi Arabic: كلب (kalb)
  • Maltese: kelb
  • Moroccan Arabic: كلب (kalb)
  • Gujarati: કલ્બ (kalb)
  • Ottoman Turkish: كلب (kelp)
  • Russian: калби́т (kalbít)
  • Swahili: kelbu

Etymology 2

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Likely denominal to كَلَب (kalab, rabies) or directly to كَلْب (kalb, dog).

Verb

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كَلِبَ (kaliba) I (non-past يَكْلَبُ (yaklabu), verbal noun كَلَب (kalab))

  1. to be seized by hydrophobia, to become rabid
  2. to become mad, to become crazy
  3. to covet greedily [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘something’]
Conjugation
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Etymology 3

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Likely derived from كَلْب (kalb, dog).

Noun

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كَلَب (kalabm

  1. verbal noun of كَلِبَ (kaliba) (form I)
  2. rabies, hydrophobia
    دَاء الْكَلَبdāʔ al-kalabrabies, hydrophobia
  3. burning thirst
  4. greed
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Adjective

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كَلِب (kalib)

  1. rabid, affected with rabies
  2. mad
  3. greedy
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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كلب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 51–52
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “كلب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 979

Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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كلب (kalbm (plural كلاب (kilāb), feminine كلبة (kalba))

  1. dog

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

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Noun

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كلب (kalbm (plural كلاب (klāb), feminine كلبة (kalba), diminutive كليب (kliyyab))

  1. dog

Ottoman Turkish

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كَلْب

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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كلب (kelb) (plural كلاب (kilâb), feminine كلبت (kelbet))

  1. dog
    Synonyms: كوپك (köpek), ایت (it)
    • a. 1636, Nefʿī
      طاهر افندی بڭا كلب دیمش
      التفاتی بو سوزده ظاهردر
      مالكی مذهبم بنم زیرا
      اعتقادمجه كلب طاهردر.
      Tahir Efendi baña kelb demiş
      İltifatı bu sözde zahirdir
      Maliki mezhebim benim zira
      İʼtikadımca kelb tahirdir
      Mr. Ṭāhir has called me a dog
      This is an apparent compliment
      For my school of law is the Mālikīy
      According to my belief the dog is clean.

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic كَلَب (kalab).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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كلب (keleb)

  1. rabies, hydrophobia
  2. ferocity, virulence

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Persian کلاف (kalâf), کلابه (kalâbe), کلاوه (kalâve, clew).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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كلب (keleb)

  1. clew, ball of yarn
    Synonyms: یوماق (yumak), گلوله (gulule)
  2. weasel, reel
    Synonym: آرشین (arşın)
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References

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  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كلب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[2], Vienna, column 3904
  • Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “كلب”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 756

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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كلب (kalbm (plural كلاب (klāb), feminine كلبة (kalbe))

  1. dog