قباء

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ب و (q-b-w)

Noun

قِبَاء • (qibāʔ) m

1. interval, interspace, distance

Declension

Declension of noun قِبَاء (qibāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِبَاء qibāʔ	الْقِبَاء al-qibāʔ	قِبَاء qibāʔ
Nominative	قِبَاءٌ qibāʔun	الْقِبَاءُ al-qibāʔu	قِبَاءُ qibāʔu
Accusative	قِبَاءً qibāʔan	الْقِبَاءَ al-qibāʔa	قِبَاءَ qibāʔa
Genitive	قِبَاءٍ qibāʔin	الْقِبَاءِ al-qibāʔi	قِبَاءِ qibāʔi

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian kpʾh (kabāh, “garment, cloak”).

Noun

قَبَاء • (qabāʔ) m (plural أَقْبِيَة (ʔaqbiya))

1. a kind of garment with long sleeves
   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 8:17:

     إِذَا وَسَّعَ اللَّهُ فَأَوْسِعُوا، جَمَعَ رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابَهُ، صَلَّى رَجُلٌ فِي إِزَارٍ وَرِدَاءٍ، فِي إِزَارٍ وَقَمِيصٍ، فِي إِزَارٍ وَقَبَاءٍ، فِي سَرَاوِيلَ وَرِدَاءٍ، فِي سَرَاوِيلَ وَقَمِيصٍ، فِي سَرَاوِيلَ وَقَبَاءٍ، فِي تُبَّانٍ وَقَبَاءٍ، فِي تُبَّانٍ وَقَمِيصٍ ـ قَالَ وَأَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ ـ فِي تُبَّانٍ وَرِدَاءٍ‏.‏

     ʔiḏā wassaʕa l-lahu faʔawsiʕū, jamaʕa rajulun ʕalayhi ṯiyābahu, ṣallā rajulun fī ʔizārin waridāʔin, fī ʔizārin waqamīṣin, fī ʔizārin waqabāʔin, fī sarāwīla waridāʔin, fī sarāwīla waqamīṣin, fī sarāwīla waqabāʔin, fī tubbānin waqabāʔin, fī tubbānin waqamīṣin - qāla waʔaḥsibuhu qāla - fī tubbānin waridāʔin.

     When Allah makes you wealthier then you should clothe yourself properly during prayers. Otherwise one can pray with an ʾizār and a ridaʾ, ʾizār and a shirt, ʾizār and a qabāʾ, trousers and a ridaʾ, trousers and a shirt or trousers and a qabāʾ, tubbān and a qabāʾ or tubbān and a shirt. (The narrator added, “I think that he also said a tubbān and a ridaʾ.”)

Declension

Declension of noun قَبَاء (qabāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَبَاء qabāʔ	الْقَبَاء al-qabāʔ	قَبَاء qabāʔ
Nominative	قَبَاءٌ qabāʔun	الْقَبَاءُ al-qabāʔu	قَبَاءُ qabāʔu
Accusative	قَبَاءً qabāʔan	الْقَبَاءَ al-qabāʔa	قَبَاءَ qabāʔa
Genitive	قَبَاءٍ qabāʔin	الْقَبَاءِ al-qabāʔi	قَبَاءِ qabāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَبَاءَيْن qabāʔayn	الْقَبَاءَيْن al-qabāʔayn	قَبَاءَيْ qabāʔay
Nominative	قَبَاءَانِ qabāʔāni	الْقَبَاءَانِ al-qabāʔāni	قَبَاءَا qabāʔā
Accusative	قَبَاءَيْنِ qabāʔayni	الْقَبَاءَيْنِ al-qabāʔayni	قَبَاءَيْ qabāʔay
Genitive	قَبَاءَيْنِ qabāʔayni	الْقَبَاءَيْنِ al-qabāʔayni	قَبَاءَيْ qabāʔay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَقْبِيَة ʔaqbiya	الْأَقْبِيَة al-ʔaqbiya	أَقْبِيَة ʔaqbiyat
Nominative	أَقْبِيَةٌ ʔaqbiyatun	الْأَقْبِيَةُ al-ʔaqbiyatu	أَقْبِيَةُ ʔaqbiyatu
Accusative	أَقْبِيَةً ʔaqbiyatan	الْأَقْبِيَةَ al-ʔaqbiyata	أَقْبِيَةَ ʔaqbiyata
Genitive	أَقْبِيَةٍ ʔaqbiyatin	الْأَقْبِيَةِ al-ʔaqbiyati	أَقْبِيَةِ ʔaqbiyati

Descendants

• → Catalan: gavany
• → Georgian: კაბა (ḳaba)
  • → Bats: კაბ (ḳab)
  • → Mingrelian: კაბა (ḳaba)
  • → Ossetian: къа́ба (k’ába, “dress”)
  • → Svan: კაბ (ḳab)
• → Malay: kebaya
  • Indonesian: kebaya
  • → Chinese: 可巴雅 (kěbāyǎ)
  • → English: kebaya
• → Middle Armenian: կապայ (kapay)
  • Armenian: կապա (kapa)
• → Persian: قبا (qabâ)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كبه (kebe, “blanket”)
    • Turkish: kebe
    • → Bulgarian: ке́бе (kébe)
    • → Macedonian: ќебе (ḱebe)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: ће̏бе / ćȅbe
• → Portuguese: gabão
• → Spanish: gabán
  • → Italian: gabbano
    • → French: caban
      • → German: Caban
  • → Sicilian: gabbanu

Proper noun

قُبَاء • (qubāʔ) m

1. a mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia

Declension

Declension of noun قُبَاء (qubāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	قُبَاء qubāʔ	—
Nominative	—	قُبَاءٌ qubāʔun	—
Accusative	—	قُبَاءً qubāʔan	—
Genitive	—	قُبَاءٍ qubāʔin	—

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845) Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes‎^[1] (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, pages 352–362
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قباء”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 395
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “قباء”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 670
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قباء”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1000