قرابة
Arabic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ق ر ب (q r b) |
| 17 terms |
Compare قَرُبَ (qaruba, “to be near”).
Preposition
قُرَابَة • (qurāba)
- about, almost, approximately, just, nearly, roughly
- Synonym: حَوَالِي (ḥawālī)
- عَاشَ قُرَابَةَ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ
- ʕāša qurābata miʔati sanatin
- He lived approximately/nearly a hundred years.
- قَبْلَ قُرَابَةِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَسَابِيعَ
- qabla qurābati ṯalāṯati ʔasābīʕa
- approximately three weeks ago
Usage notes
- This preposition behaves like a noun as it can be declined. See also other prepositions that can be declined to some extent, e. g. بَعْدَ (baʕda) and مِنْ بَعْدِ (min baʕdi).
Inflection
- Nominative
| base form | قُرَابَةُ (qurābatu) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun including forms | |||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||
| m | f | m | f | ||
| 1st person | قُرَابَتِي (qurābatī) | قُرَابَتُنَا (qurābatunā) | |||
| 2nd person | قُرَابَتُكَ (qurābatuka) | قُرَابَتُكِ (qurābatuki) | قُرَابَتُكُمَا (qurābatukumā) | قُرَابَتُكُمْ (qurābatukum) | قُرَابَتُكُنَّ (qurābatukunna) |
| 3rd person | قُرَابَتُهُ (qurābatuhu) | قُرَابَتُهَا (qurābatuhā) | قُرَابَتُهُمَا (qurābatuhumā) | قُرَابَتُهُمْ (qurābatuhum) | قُرَابَتُهُنَّ (qurābatuhunna) |
- Accusative
| base form | قُرَابَةَ (qurābata) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun including forms | |||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||
| m | f | m | f | ||
| 1st person | قُرَابَتِي (qurābatī) | قُرَابَتَنَا (qurābatanā) | |||
| 2nd person | قُرَابَتَكَ (qurābataka) | قُرَابَتَكِ (qurābataki) | قُرَابَتَكُمَا (qurābatakumā) | قُرَابَتَكُمْ (qurābatakum) | قُرَابَتَكُنَّ (qurābatakunna) |
| 3rd person | قُرَابَتَهُ (qurābatahu) | قُرَابَتَهَا (qurābatahā) | قُرَابَتَهُمَا (qurābatahumā) | قُرَابَتَهُمْ (qurābatahum) | قُرَابَتَهُنَّ (qurābatahunna) |
- Genitive
| base form | قُرَابَةِ (qurābati) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun including forms | |||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||
| m | f | m | f | ||
| 1st person | قُرَابَتِي (qurābatī) | قُرَابَتِنَا (qurābatinā) | |||
| 2nd person | قُرَابَتِكَ (qurābatika) | قُرَابَتِكِ (qurābatiki) | قُرَابَتِكُمَا (qurābatikumā) | قُرَابَتِكُمْ (qurābatikum) | قُرَابَتِكُنَّ (qurābatikunna) |
| 3rd person | قُرَابَتِهِ (qurābatihi) | قُرَابَتِهَا (qurābatihā) | قُرَابَتِهِمَا (qurābatihimā) | قُرَابَتِهِمْ (qurābatihim) | قُرَابَتِهِنَّ (qurābatihinna) |
Noun
قَرَابَة • (qarāba) f
- verbal noun of قَرُبَ (qaruba) (form I)
- relation, relationship, kinship
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَرَابَة qarāba |
الْقَرَابَة al-qarāba |
قَرَابَة qarābat |
| nominative | قَرَابَةٌ qarābatun |
الْقَرَابَةُ al-qarābatu |
قَرَابَةُ qarābatu |
| accusative | قَرَابَةً qarābatan |
الْقَرَابَةَ al-qarābata |
قَرَابَةَ qarābata |
| genitive | قَرَابَةٍ qarābatin |
الْقَرَابَةِ al-qarābati |
قَرَابَةِ qarābati |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: qərabət
- → Persian: قرابت (qarâbat)
- → Ottoman Turkish: قرابت (karâbet)
- → Turkish: karabet
Hijazi Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ق ر ب |
| 6 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic قَرَابَة (qarāba).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.raː.ba/
Noun
قرابة • (garāba) f (plural قرابات (garābāt))