قزب
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Moroccan Arabic[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| ق ز ب |
| 1 term |
Etymology[edit]
From قزيبة (qazzība, “tail; arse”) like German schwänzeln, scharwenzeln or Arschkriecherei and the like common to many languages.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
قزب • (qazzab) II (non-past يقزب (yqazzab))
- to trim, to shorten
- Synonym: قصر (qaṣṣar)
- to flatter
- to schmooze
- كيقزب على المدير باش يزيد له فالخلصة.
- kayqazzab ʕla l-mudīr bāš yzīd lu f-el-ḵulṣa
- He schmoozes with the boss so that he increases his salary.
Conjugation[edit]
| Conjugation of قزب | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| past | m | قزّبت (qazzabt) | قزّبتي (qazzabti) | قزّب (qazzab) | قزّبنا (qazzabna) | قزّبتوا (qazzabtu) | قزّبوا (qazzbu) | |
| f | قزّبت (qazzbāt) | |||||||
| non-past | m | نقزّب (nqazzab) | تقزّب (tqazzab) | يقزّب (yqazzab) | نقزّبوا (nqazzbu) | تقزّبوا (tqazzbu) | يقزّبوا (yqazzbu) | |
| f | تقزّبي (tqazzbi) | تقزّب (tqazzab) | ||||||
| imperative | m | قزّب (qazzab) | قزّبوا (qazzbu) | |||||
| f | قزّبي (qazzbi) | |||||||