قبو

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ب و (q-b-w).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qabw/

Noun

قَبْو • (qabw) f (plural أَقْبَاء (ʔaqbāʔ))

1. verbal noun of قَبَا (qabā) (form I)
2. vault, cove, basement, cellar
3. (military, archaic) covering, shed, shelter, testudo; also a kind of siege engine serving this purpose

Declension

Declension of noun قَبْو (qabw)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَبْو qabw	الْقَبْو al-qabw	قَبْو qabw
Nominative	قَبْوٌ qabwun	الْقَبْوُ al-qabwu	قَبْوُ qabwu
Accusative	قَبْوًا qabwan	الْقَبْوَ al-qabwa	قَبْوَ qabwa
Genitive	قَبْوٍ qabwin	الْقَبْوِ al-qabwi	قَبْوِ qabwi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَبْوَيْن qabwayn	الْقَبْوَيْن al-qabwayn	قَبْوَيْ qabway
Nominative	قَبْوَانِ qabwāni	الْقَبْوَانِ al-qabwāni	قَبْوَا qabwā
Accusative	قَبْوَيْنِ qabwayni	الْقَبْوَيْنِ al-qabwayni	قَبْوَيْ qabway
Genitive	قَبْوَيْنِ qabwayni	الْقَبْوَيْنِ al-qabwayni	قَبْوَيْ qabway
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَقْبَاء ʔaqbāʔ	الْأَقْبَاء al-ʔaqbāʔ	أَقْبَاء ʔaqbāʔ
Nominative	أَقْبَاءٌ ʔaqbāʔun	الْأَقْبَاءُ al-ʔaqbāʔu	أَقْبَاءُ ʔaqbāʔu
Accusative	أَقْبَاءً ʔaqbāʔan	الْأَقْبَاءَ al-ʔaqbāʔa	أَقْبَاءَ ʔaqbāʔa
Genitive	أَقْبَاءٍ ʔaqbāʔin	الْأَقْبَاءِ al-ʔaqbāʔi	أَقْبَاءِ ʔaqbāʔi

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قبو”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 395
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “قبو”, 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^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 670
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قبو”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1000
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قبو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 869

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قَبُو (qabū)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡabu/

Noun

قَبو • (gabu) m (plural أَقْبِيَة ‎(ʼagbiya) or أَقْباء ‎(ʼagbāʼ))

1. basement

Synonyms

• بدروم