قرابة

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ق ر ب (q r b)
15 terms

Compare قَرُبَ (qaruba, to be near).

Preposition

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قُرَابَة (qurāba)

  1. about, almost, approximately, just, nearly, roughly
    Synonym: حَوَالِي (ḥawālī)
    عَاشَ قُرَابَةَ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ
    ʕāša qurābata miʔati sanatin
    He lived approximately/nearly a hundred years.
    قَبْلَ قُرَابَةِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَسَابِيعَ
    qabla qurābati ṯalāṯati ʔasābīʕa
    approximately three weeks ago

Usage notes

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  • This preposition behaves like a noun as it can be declined. See also other prepositions that can be declined to some extent, e. g. بَعْدَ (baʕda) and مِنْ بَعْدِ (min baʕdi).

Inflection

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Nominative
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Base form قُرَابَةُ (qurābatu)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person قُرَابَتِي (qurābatī) قُرَابَتُنَا (qurābatunā)
Second person قُرَابَتُكَ (qurābatuka) قُرَابَتُكِ (qurābatuki) قُرَابَتُكُمَا (qurābatukumā) قُرَابَتُكُمْ (qurābatukum) قُرَابَتُكُنَّ (qurābatukunna)
Third person قُرَابَتُهُ (qurābatuhu) قُرَابَتُهَا (qurābatuhā) قُرَابَتُهُمَا (qurābatuhumā) قُرَابَتُهُمْ (qurābatuhum) قُرَابَتُهُنَّ (qurābatuhunna)
Accusative
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Base form قُرَابَةَ (qurābata)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person قُرَابَتِي (qurābatī) قُرَابَتَنَا (qurābatanā)
Second person قُرَابَتَكَ (qurābataka) قُرَابَتَكِ (qurābataki) قُرَابَتَكُمَا (qurābatakumā) قُرَابَتَكُمْ (qurābatakum) قُرَابَتَكُنَّ (qurābatakunna)
Third person قُرَابَتَهُ (qurābatahu) قُرَابَتَهَا (qurābatahā) قُرَابَتَهُمَا (qurābatahumā) قُرَابَتَهُمْ (qurābatahum) قُرَابَتَهُنَّ (qurābatahunna)
Genitive
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Base form قُرَابَةِ (qurābati)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person قُرَابَتِي (qurābatī) قُرَابَتِنَا (qurābatinā)
Second person قُرَابَتِكَ (qurābatika) قُرَابَتِكِ (qurābatiki) قُرَابَتِكُمَا (qurābatikumā) قُرَابَتِكُمْ (qurābatikum) قُرَابَتِكُنَّ (qurābatikunna)
Third person قُرَابَتِهِ (qurābatihi) قُرَابَتِهَا (qurābatihā) قُرَابَتِهِمَا (qurābatihimā) قُرَابَتِهِمْ (qurābatihim) قُرَابَتِهِنَّ (qurābatihinna)

Noun

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قَرَابَة (qarābaf

  1. verbal noun of قَرُبَ (qaruba) (form I)
  2. relation, relationship, kinship

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: qərabət
  • Persian: قرابت (qarâbat)
  • Ottoman Turkish: قرابت (karâbet)

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ق ر ب
6 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic قَرَابَة (qarāba).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قرابة (garābaf (plural قرابات (garābāt))

  1. relativity
  2. relatives