قبل

• IPA^(key): /qa.bi.la/

قَبِلَ • (qabila) I (non-past يَقْبَلُ (yaqbalu), verbal noun قَبُول (qabūl) or قُبُول (qubūl))

1. to accept

   قَبِلَ العَرِيسُ بِفَرَحٍ طَلَبَ الزَّوَاجِ.

   qabila l-ʕarīsu bifaraḥin ṭalaba z-zawāji.

   The groom accepted the marriage proposal with joy.

2. to receive kindly, to give a friendly reception
3. to acquiesce, to put up with, to agree, to consent, to assent
4. to admit
5. to obey, to yield, to give in, to submit

• رَفَضَ (rafaḍa)

• Maltese: qabel
• Malay: kabul
• Indonesian: kabul

• IPA^(key): /qab.ba.la/

قَبَّلَ • (qabbala) II (non-past يُقَبِّلُ (yuqabbilu), verbal noun تَقْبِيل (taqbīl))

2. to kiss

   Synonym: بَاسَ (bāsa)

   • a. 965, Al-Mutanabbi, ضَيْفٌ أَلَمَّ بِرَأْسِي غَيْرَ مُحْتَشِمِ (ḍayfun ʔalamma biraʔsī ḡayra muḥtašimi)‎^[1]:

     قَبَّلْتُهَا وَدُمُوعِي مَزْجُ أَدْمُعِهَا // وَقَبَّلَتْنِي عَلَى خَوْفٍ فَمًا لِفَمِ
     فَذُقْتُ مَاءَ حَيَاةٍ مِنْ مُقَبَّلِهَا // لَوْ صَابَ تُرْبًا لَأَحْيَا سَالِفَ الْأُمَمِ

     qabbaltuhā wadumūʕī mazju ʔadmuʕihā // waqabbalatnī ʕalā ḵawfin faman lifami
     faḏuqtu māʔa ḥayātin min muqabbalihā // law ṣāba turban laʔaḥyā sālifa l-ʔumami

     I kissed her, and my tears mixed with hers, // and she kissed me timidly, mouth to mouth.
     I tasted the water of life from her kiss, // which may revive the ancestors, if it hit the earth.

3. to go south

• IPA^(key): /qu.bul/

قُبُل or قُبْل • (qubul or qubl) m

1. fore, front
   • 1025, ابن سينا [Avicenna], القانون في الطب [Canon Medicinae]‎^[2]:

     كرمدانة.
     الماهية: حبها يمدحه الأطباء.
     أعضاء النفض: تسخن القبل جداً وتسهل الماء والمرّة.

     Myrtle seed.
     What it is: Its seed is praised by the physicians.
     Palpitating organs: It heats the front well and releases the waters and bile.

• IPA^(key): /qab.lu/

قَبْلُ • (qablu)

1. previously, formerly, earlier, before

   Antonym: بَعْدُ (baʕdu)

• IPA^(key): /qab.la/

قَبْلَ • (qabla)

1. before; prior to

   رَأَْيْتُهُ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِيَوْمَيْنِ.

   raʔaytuhu qabla mawtihi biyawmayni.

   I saw him two days before his death.

2. ago

   رَأَْيْتُهُ قَبْلَ يَوْمَيْنِ.

   raʔaytuhu qabla yawmayni.

   I saw him two days ago.

• Maltese: qabel
• → Swahili: kabla

• IPA^(key): /qi.bal/

قِبَل • (qibal) m

1. power, ability

• IPA^(key): /qi.ba.la/

قِبَلَ • (qibala)

1. in the presence of, before, near
2. in the direction of, toward

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /qu.bal/

قُبَل • (qubal) pl

1. plural of قُبْلَة (qubla)

From Arabic قَبْلَ (qabla).

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.bil/, [ɡa.bɪl]

قبل • (gabil)

1. before, prior to

   Antonym: بعد (baʕad)

From Arabic قَبِلَ (qabila).

• IPA^(key): /ɡi.bil/, [ɡɪ.bɪl]

قبل • (gibil) I (non-past يقبل (yigbal), verbal noun قبول (gubūl), active participle قابل (gābil), passive participle مقبول (magbūl))

1. to accept, to agree to something

   Synonym: وَافَق (wāfag)

   Antonym: رفض (rafaḍ)

• IPA^(key): /qbal/

From Arabic قَبْلَ (qabla).

قبل • (qbal)

1. before, prior to

   Antonyms: بعد (baʕd), من بعد (min baʕd)

From Arabic قَبِلَ (qabila).

قبل • (qbal) I (non-past يقبل (yiqbal), verbal noun قبول (qbūl), active participle قابل (qābil), passive participle مقبول (maqbūl))

1. to accept, to agree to something

   Antonym: رفض (rfaḍ)

   ضنيت بلي ما كانتش قابلة بهاد الاتفاق.

   ḍannīt billi ma kānitši qābla b-hād l-ittifāq.

   I thought she didn't accept this agreement.

   طلبته وما قبل يشد الصرف.

   ṭlabtu w-ma qbal yšudd eṣ-ṣarf

   He didn't accept to take the change after asking him to.

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Borrowed from Arabic قَبْل (qabl).

قبل • (qabl)

1. before, prior to

• قَبْلاً (qablan)

From Arabic قَبْلَ (qabla).

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔabl/, [ˈʔa.b(ɪ)l]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡabl/, [ˈɡa.b(ɪ)l]

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قبل • (ʔabl)

1. before, prior to

   Antonym: بعد (baʕd)

From Arabic قَبِلَ (qabila).

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔi.bil/, [ˈʔi.bɪl]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡi.bil/, [ˈɡi.bɪl]

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قبل • (ʔibil) I (present بقبل (biʔbal), active participle قابل (ʔābel))

1. to accept, to agree to something

   Antonym: رفض (rafaḍ)

   هو مش قابل ييجي معي.

   huwwe miš ʔābel yīji maʕi.

   He's refusing to come with me.

   (literally, “He's not agreeing to come with me.”)

   ما قبلوني للوظيفة. ― mā ʔiblūni la-l-waẓīfe. ― They didn't accept me for the job.

Borrowed from Classical Persian قبل (qabl), from Arabic قَبْل (qabl).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qəbl/

قبل • (qabl)

1. previous, before, ago

   Synonyms: آگے (āge), پَہْلے (pahle)

• “قبل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “قبل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.