قبو

Arabic

Root
ق ب و (q b w)
2 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qabw/

Noun

قَبْو • (qabwf (plural أَقْبَاء (ʔaqbāʔ))

  1. verbal noun of قَبَا (qabā) (form I)
  2. vault, cove, basement, cellar
  3. (military, archaic) covering, shed, shelter, testudo; also a kind of siege engine serving this purpose

Declension

Declension of noun قَبْو (qabw)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal قَبْو
qabw
الْقَبْو
al-qabw
قَبْو
qabw
nominative قَبْوٌ
qabwun
الْقَبْوُ
al-qabwu
قَبْوُ
qabwu
accusative قَبْوًا
qabwan
الْقَبْوَ
al-qabwa
قَبْوَ
qabwa
genitive قَبْوٍ
qabwin
الْقَبْوِ
al-qabwi
قَبْوِ
qabwi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal قَبْوَيْن
qabwayn
الْقَبْوَيْن
al-qabwayn
قَبْوَيْ
qabway
nominative قَبْوَانِ
qabwāni
الْقَبْوَانِ
al-qabwāni
قَبْوَا
qabwā
accusative قَبْوَيْنِ
qabwayni
الْقَبْوَيْنِ
al-qabwayni
قَبْوَيْ
qabway
genitive قَبْوَيْنِ
qabwayni
الْقَبْوَيْنِ
al-qabwayni
قَبْوَيْ
qabway
plural basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal أَقْبَاء
ʔaqbāʔ
الْأَقْبَاء
al-ʔaqbāʔ
أَقْبَاء
ʔaqbāʔ
nominative أَقْبَاءٌ
ʔaqbāʔun
الْأَقْبَاءُ
al-ʔaqbāʔu
أَقْبَاءُ
ʔaqbāʔu
accusative أَقْبَاءً
ʔaqbāʔan
الْأَقْبَاءَ
al-ʔaqbāʔa
أَقْبَاءَ
ʔaqbāʔa
genitive أَقْبَاءٍ
ʔaqbāʔin
الْأَقْبَاءِ
al-ʔaqbāʔi
أَقْبَاءِ
ʔaqbāʔi

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “قبو”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 395
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “قبو”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 670
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قبو”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1000
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قبو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 869

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ب و
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic قَبْو (qabw).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.bu/

Noun

قبو • (gabum (plural أَقْبِيَة (ʔagbiya) or أَقْباء (ʔagbāʔ))

  1. basement
    Synonym: بدروم (badrōm, budrōm)