رقابة

Arabic

Root
ر ق ب (r q b)
10 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of رَقَبَ (raqaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.qaː.ba/, /ri.qaː.ba/

Noun

رَقَابَة or رِقَابَة • (raqāba or riqāba) f

1. verbal noun of رَقَبَ (raqaba) (form I)
2. censorship
3. controlling
4. supervision
5. expectation

Declension

Declension of noun رَقَابَة (raqāba); رِقَابَة (riqāba)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَقَابَة; رِقَابَة raqāba; riqāba	الرَّقَابَة; الرِّقَابَة ar-raqāba; ar-riqāba	رَقَابَة; رِقَابَة raqābat; riqābat
nominative	رَقَابَةٌ; رِقَابَةٌ raqābatun; riqābatun	الرَّقَابَةُ; الرِّقَابَةُ ar-raqābatu; ar-riqābatu	رَقَابَةُ; رِقَابَةُ raqābatu; riqābatu
accusative	رَقَابَةً; رِقَابَةً raqābatan; riqābatan	الرَّقَابَةَ; الرِّقَابَةَ ar-raqābata; ar-riqābata	رَقَابَةَ; رِقَابَةَ raqābata; riqābata
genitive	رَقَابَةٍ; رِقَابَةٍ raqābatin; riqābatin	الرَّقَابَةِ; الرِّقَابَةِ ar-raqābati; ar-riqābati	رَقَابَةِ; رِقَابَةِ raqābati; riqābati

Descendants

• → Persian: رقابت (raqābat/reqâbat, “competition”)
  • → Azerbaijani: rəqabət
  • → Chagatai: رقابت (rqʾbt)
    • Uyghur: رىقابەت (riqabet)
    • Uzbek: raqobat
  • → Northern Kurdish: reqabet
  • → Ottoman Turkish: رقابت (rekabet)
    • Turkish: rekabet
    • → Crimean Tatar: reqabet
  • → Pashto: رقابت (reqābát)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “رقابة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “رقابة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN