قباء
Arabic
Etymology 1
From the root ق ب و (q-b-w).
Noun
قِبَاء • (qibāʔ) m
Declension
Declension of noun قِبَاء (qibāʔ)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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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))
- 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 | ||
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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
- → English: kebaya
- → Middle Armenian: կապայ (kapay)
- Armenian: կապա (kapa)
- → Persian: قبا (qabâ)
- → Portuguese: gabão
- → Spanish: gabán
- → Italian: gabbano
Proper noun
قُبَاء • (qubāʔ) m
- a mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia
Declension
Declension of noun قُبَاء (qubāʔ)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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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 Cie, 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
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