الكعبة

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.kaʕ.ba/

Proper noun

الْكَعْبَة • (al-kaʕba) f

  1. the Kaaba
    Synonym: الْكَعْبَة الْمُشَرَّفَة (al-kaʕba l-mušarrafa)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:97:
      جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكَعْبَةَ ٱلْبَيْتَ ٱلْحَرَامَ قِيَامًا لِلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّهْرَ ٱلْحَرَامَ وَٱلْهَدْيَ وَٱلْقَلَائِدَ
      jaʕala llāhu l-kaʕbata l-bayta l-ḥarāma qiyāman li-n-nāsi waš-šahra l-ḥarāma wal-hadya wal-qalāʔida
      God has made the Kaaba, the Sacred House, a means of support for the people, and the Sacred Month, and the offerings, and the garlands.

Declension

Declension of noun الْكَعْبَة (al-kaʕba)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal — الْكَعْبَة
al-kaʕba 		—
nominative — الْكَعْبَةُ
al-kaʕbatu 		—
accusative — الْكَعْبَةَ
al-kaʕbata 		—
genitive — الْكَعْبَةِ
al-kaʕbati 		—

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: Kəbə
  • → Chagatai: کعبه
  • → Persian: کعبه (ka'be)
  • → Urdu: کعبہ
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