قصبة

Arabic

Etymology

Singulative noun composed of قَصَب‎ (qaṣab, “stalk”) +‎ ـَة‎ (-a)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qa.sˁa.ba/

Noun

قَصَبَة • (qaṣaba) f (singulative, collective قَصَب‎ (qaṣab))

stalk, cane
thread, filament
pipe
1. (anatomy) ellipsis of قَصَبَة هَوَائِيَّة‎ (qaṣaba(t) hawāʾiyya, “windpipe, trachea”)
fortified borough of a city, or the fort itself, casbah
(obsolete, Egypt/Sudan until 1891) a linear measure, ¹⁄₅₀₀ of a فَرْسَخ‎ (farsaḵ) – about 3.5 m
(obsolete, Saudi-Arabia until 1964) a linear measure, ⁴⁰²⁵⁄₃₂ of a فَرْسَخ‎ (farsaḵ) – 38.4 m

Declension

Declension of noun قَصَبَة (qaṣaba)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَبَة qaṣaba	الْقَصَبَة‎ al-qaṣaba	قَصَبَة qaṣabat
Nominative	قَصَبَةٌ qaṣabatun	الْقَصَبَةُ‎ al-qaṣabatu	قَصَبَةُ qaṣabatu
Accusative	قَصَبَةً qaṣabatan	الْقَصَبَةَ‎ al-qaṣabata	قَصَبَةَ qaṣabata
Genitive	قَصَبَةٍ qaṣabatin	الْقَصَبَةِ‎ al-qaṣabati	قَصَبَةِ qaṣabati
Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَب‎ qaṣab	الْقَصَب‎ al-qaṣab	قَصَب‎ qaṣab
Nominative	قَصَبٌ‎ qaṣabun	الْقَصَبُ‎ al-qaṣabu	قَصَبُ‎ qaṣabu
Accusative	قَصَبًا‎ qaṣaban	الْقَصَبَ‎ al-qaṣaba	قَصَبَ‎ qaṣaba
Genitive	قَصَبٍ‎ qaṣabin	الْقَصَبِ‎ al-qaṣabi	قَصَبِ‎ qaṣabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَبَتَيْن‎ qaṣabatayn	الْقَصَبَتَيْن‎ al-qaṣabatayn	قَصَبَتَيْ‎ qaṣabatay
Nominative	قَصَبَتَانِ‎ qaṣabatāni	الْقَصَبَتَانِ‎ al-qaṣabatāni	قَصَبَتَا‎ qaṣabatā
Accusative	قَصَبَتَيْنِ‎ qaṣabatayni	الْقَصَبَتَيْنِ‎ al-qaṣabatayni	قَصَبَتَيْ‎ qaṣabatay
Genitive	قَصَبَتَيْنِ‎ qaṣabatayni	الْقَصَبَتَيْنِ‎ al-qaṣabatayni	قَصَبَتَيْ‎ qaṣabatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَبَات‎ qaṣabāt	الْقَصَبَات‎ al-qaṣabāt	قَصَبَات‎ qaṣabāt
Nominative	قَصَبَاتٌ‎ qaṣabātun	الْقَصَبَاتُ‎ al-qaṣabātu	قَصَبَاتُ‎ qaṣabātu
Accusative	قَصَبَاتٍ‎ qaṣabātin	الْقَصَبَاتِ‎ al-qaṣabāti	قَصَبَاتِ‎ qaṣabāti
Genitive	قَصَبَاتٍ‎ qaṣabātin	الْقَصَبَاتِ‎ al-qaṣabāti	قَصَبَاتِ‎ qaṣabāti

Descendants

Maltese: qasba
→ Czech: kasba
→ English: casbah
→ English: cassaba
→ Ottoman Turkish: قصبه‎ (kasaba)
- → Hungarian: kaszba
- → Serbo-Croatian: каса̀ба
→ Polish: kasba
→ Portuguese: alcáçava
→ Russian: ка́сба (kásba)
→ Slovak: kasba
→ Slovene: kasba
→ Spanish: alcazaba
→ Ukrainian: казба́ (kazbá)

References

Cardarelli, François (2003) Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. Their SI Equivalences and Origins, London: Springer, →ISBN, pages 128, 135

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