قابلة

See also: قابله

Arabic

Root
ق ب ل (q-b-l)

Pronunciation

Standard Arabic: IPA^(key): /qaː.bi.la/

Regional pronunciation:
Sense 1:

• Moroccan: IPA^(key): [ˈqɑːblæ]
• Tunisian: IPA^(key): /ˈqæːblæ/
• Libyan: IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːbla/
• Egyptian: IPA^(key): /ˈʔabla/
• Syrian: IPA^(key): /ˈʔaːble/
• Lebanese: IPA^(key): /ˈʔeːbla/
  

Senses 2,3,4:

• Moroccan: IPA^(key): [ˈqɑːblæ]
• Tunisian: IPA^(key): /ˈqæːblæ/
• Libyan: IPA^(key): /ˈqaːbla/

Noun

قَابِلَة • (qābila) f (plural قَوَابِل (qawābil), masculine قَابِل (qābil))

1. midwife, accoucheuse, obstetrician
   • a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbi, “لَكِ يَا مَنَازِلُ فِي الْقُلُوبِ مَنَازِلُ”, in ديوان أبي الطيب المتنبي بشرح أبي البقاء العكبري المسمى بالتبيان في شرح الديوان, volume 3, Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Marefah, published 1978 CE, →OCLC, page 257:

     لَوْ طَابَ مَوْلِدُ كُلِّ حَيٍّ مِثِلَهُ / وَلَدَ النِّسَاءُ وَمَا لَهُنَّ قَوَابِلُ

     law ṭāba mawlidu kulli ḥayyin miṯilahu / walada n-nisāʔu wamā lahunna qawābilu

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (in the plural) beginnings

Declension

Declension of noun قَابِلَة (qābila)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَابِلَة qābila	الْقَابِلَة al-qābila	قَابِلَة qābilat
Nominative	قَابِلَةٌ qābilatun	الْقَابِلَةُ al-qābilatu	قَابِلَةُ qābilatu
Accusative	قَابِلَةً qābilatan	الْقَابِلَةَ al-qābilata	قَابِلَةَ qābilata
Genitive	قَابِلَةٍ qābilatin	الْقَابِلَةِ al-qābilati	قَابِلَةِ qābilati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَابِلَتَيْن qābilatayn	الْقَابِلَتَيْن al-qābilatayn	قَابِلَتَيْ qābilatay
Nominative	قَابِلَتَانِ qābilatāni	الْقَابِلَتَانِ al-qābilatāni	قَابِلَتَا qābilatā
Accusative	قَابِلَتَيْنِ qābilatayni	الْقَابِلَتَيْنِ al-qābilatayni	قَابِلَتَيْ qābilatay
Genitive	قَابِلَتَيْنِ qābilatayni	الْقَابِلَتَيْنِ al-qābilatayni	قَابِلَتَيْ qābilatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَوَابِل qawābil	الْقَوَابِل al-qawābil	قَوَابِل qawābil
Nominative	قَوَابِلُ qawābilu	الْقَوَابِلُ al-qawābilu	قَوَابِلُ qawābilu
Accusative	قَوَابِلَ qawābila	الْقَوَابِلَ al-qawābila	قَوَابِلَ qawābila
Genitive	قَوَابِلَ qawābila	الْقَوَابِلِ al-qawābili	قَوَابِلِ qawābili

Descendants

• Maltese: qabla
• → Pashto: قابله (qābela)
• → Persian: قابله (qâbele)
• Tajik: қобила (qobila)
• → Urdu: قابله (qābila)