قرقابة

Libyan Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡərɡaːba/

Noun

قرقابة (gərgāba) f

  1. a set of one or two cylindrical millstones with an axle through their centers. used to grind olives to produce oil.
  2. millstone

Noun

قرقابة (gərgāba) pl

  1. plural of قرقاب (gərgāb, “one who presses olive oil”)
  2. (vulgar) plural of قرقاب (gərgāb, “masturbator”)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

The literary form is in Arabic قَبْقَاب (qabqāb), but the Moroccan form agrees with the usual Tigre ቅረቃብ (ḳəräḳab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qar.qaː.ba/
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Noun

قرقابة • (qarqāba) f (plural قرقابات (qarqābāt) or قراقب (qrāqib))

  1. sandal
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