قبيلة

See also: قبيله, قبیله, قبیلہ, and قىبلە

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ق ب ل (q b l)
19 terms

Compare قَبِلَ (qabila, “to receive hospitably”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.biː.la/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /qbiː.la/

Noun

قَبِيلَة • (qabīla) f (plural قَبَائِل (qabāʔil))

1. tribe

   وأسّس محمد نواة الحضارة الإسلامية، التي توسّعت لاحقًا وشملت مكة وكلّ المدن والقبائل العربيّة.

   Muhammad established the nucleus of Islamic civilization, which later expanded to include Mecca and all Arab cities and tribes.

Declension

Declension of noun قَبِيلَة (qabīla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَبِيلَة qabīla	الْقَبِيلَة al-qabīla	قَبِيلَة qabīlat
Nominative	قَبِيلَةٌ qabīlatun	الْقَبِيلَةُ al-qabīlatu	قَبِيلَةُ qabīlatu
Accusative	قَبِيلَةً qabīlatan	الْقَبِيلَةَ al-qabīlata	قَبِيلَةَ qabīlata
Genitive	قَبِيلَةٍ qabīlatin	الْقَبِيلَةِ al-qabīlati	قَبِيلَةِ qabīlati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَبِيلَتَيْن qabīlatayn	الْقَبِيلَتَيْن al-qabīlatayn	قَبِيلَتَيْ qabīlatay
Nominative	قَبِيلَتَانِ qabīlatāni	الْقَبِيلَتَانِ al-qabīlatāni	قَبِيلَتَا qabīlatā
Accusative	قَبِيلَتَيْنِ qabīlatayni	الْقَبِيلَتَيْنِ al-qabīlatayni	قَبِيلَتَيْ qabīlatay
Genitive	قَبِيلَتَيْنِ qabīlatayni	الْقَبِيلَتَيْنِ al-qabīlatayni	قَبِيلَتَيْ qabīlatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَبَائِل qabāʔil	الْقَبَائِل al-qabāʔil	قَبَائِل qabāʔil
Nominative	قَبَائِلُ qabāʔilu	الْقَبَائِلُ al-qabāʔilu	قَبَائِلُ qabāʔilu
Accusative	قَبَائِلَ qabāʔila	الْقَبَائِلَ al-qabāʔila	قَبَائِلَ qabāʔila
Genitive	قَبَائِلَ qabāʔila	الْقَبَائِلِ al-qabāʔili	قَبَائِلِ qabāʔili

Related terms

• قَبَلِيّ (qabaliyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qəbilə
• → Bashkir: ҡәбилә (qəbilə, “tribe”)
• → Beja: gabíla
• → Catalan: cabila
• → Chagatai: قبیله
  • Uyghur: قەبىلە (qebile)
  • Uzbek: qabila
• → Eastern Maninkakan: kàbila (“tribe”)
• → Hausa: ƙabila (“tribe”)
• → Italian: cabila
• → Kabyle: leqbilt
• → Ottoman Turkish: قبیله (kabile)
  • Turkish: kabile
  • → Serbo-Croatian: kabìla/кабѝла
• → Pashto: قبيله
• → Persian: قبیله (qabile)
  • Tajik: қабила (qabila)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: क़बीला (qabīlā)

    Urdu: قَبِیلَہ (qabīla)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਕਬੀਲਾ (kabīlā)

    Shahmukhi script: قَبِیلَہ (qabīlah)

• → Sardinian: gabbillu (“tribesman”)
• → Sindhi: قَبِيلو
• → Somali: qabiil
• → Swahili: kabila

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ب ل
11 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَبِيلَة (qabīla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.biː.la/

Noun

قبيلة • (gabila) f (plural قَبَايِل (gabāyil))

1. tribe