قرب

See also: فرت‎, قرت‎, and ق ر ب‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ر ب‎ (q-r-b). Related to Biblical Hebrew קרב‎ (qarab, “to bring near”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.ru.ba/

Verb

قَرُبَ • (qaruba) I, non-past يَقْرُبُ‎‎ (yaqrubu)

  1. to be near, to come near, to approach
Conjugation

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.ri.ba/

Verb

قَرِبَ • (qariba) I, non-past يَقْرَبُ‎‎ (yaqrabu)

  1. (transitive) to be near, to come near, to approach
Conjugation

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qar.ra.ba/

Verb

قَرَّبَ • (qarraba) II, non-past يُقَرِّبُ‎‎ (yuqarribu)

(causative)
  1. to cause or allow to be near
  2. to make or let approach
Conjugation

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qurb/

Noun

قُرْب • (qurb) m

  1. verbal noun of قَرُبَ (qaruba) (form I)
  2. nearness, presence
    ‏عِنْدَمَا كَانَ جَالِسًا بِالْقُرْبِ مِنْ زَوْجَتِهِ... صَرَخَتْ فِي وَجْهِ قَائِلَةً: اِبْتَعِدْ عَنِّي!‎‎ ― ʿindamā kāna jālisan bi-l-qurbi min zawjatihi... ṣaraḵat fī wajhi qāʾilatan: ibtaʿid ʿannī! ― When he was sitting next to his wife... she yelled into his face, saying: Go away from me!
    • 2004, Nancy Ajram, "Ana Leih", Ah W Noss
      أنا ليه بحب حبك قوي كده ليه
      وأموت في قربك أنا كده ليه
      ʾana leih bi-ḥubbi ḥubbak qawī kida leih
      wa-'mūtu fī qorbak ʾana kida leih

Declension

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qur.ba/

Preposition

قُرْبَ • (qurba)

  1. near, in the vicinity of
    ‏قُرْبَ ٱلظُّهْر‎ ― qurba ẓ-ẓuhr ― towards noon

References

  • Lane, Edward William (1863), “قرب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “قرب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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