قربة

Arabic

Etymology 1

See جِرَاب (jirāb).

Noun

قِرْبَة • (qirba) f (plural قِرَبَات (qirabāt) or قِرَب (qirab) or قِرْبَات (qirbāt))

1. water container
2. (anatomy) bladder
3. (music) bagpipe

Declension

Declension of noun قِرْبَة (qirba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرْبَة qirba	الْقِرْبَة al-qirba	قِرْبَة qirbat
Nominative	قِرْبَةٌ qirbatun	الْقِرْبَةُ al-qirbatu	قِرْبَةُ qirbatu
Accusative	قِرْبَةً qirbatan	الْقِرْبَةَ al-qirbata	قِرْبَةَ qirbata
Genitive	قِرْبَةٍ qirbatin	الْقِرْبَةِ al-qirbati	قِرْبَةِ qirbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرْبَتَيْن qirbatayn	الْقِرْبَتَيْن al-qirbatayn	قِرْبَتَيْ qirbatay
Nominative	قِرْبَتَانِ qirbatāni	الْقِرْبَتَانِ al-qirbatāni	قِرْبَتَا qirbatā
Accusative	قِرْبَتَيْنِ qirbatayni	الْقِرْبَتَيْنِ al-qirbatayni	قِرْبَتَيْ qirbatay
Genitive	قِرْبَتَيْنِ qirbatayni	الْقِرْبَتَيْنِ al-qirbatayni	قِرْبَتَيْ qirbatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرَبَات‎; قِرَب‎; قِرْبَات qirabāt‎; qirab‎; qirbāt	الْقِرَبَات‎; الْقِرَب‎; الْقِرْبَات al-qirabāt‎; al-qirab‎; al-qirbāt	قِرَبَات‎; قِرَب‎; قِرْبَات qirabāt‎; qirab‎; qirbāt
Nominative	قِرَبَاتٌ‎; قِرَبٌ‎; قِرْبَاتٌ qirabātun‎; qirabun‎; qirbātun	الْقِرَبَاتُ‎; الْقِرَبُ‎; الْقِرْبَاتُ al-qirabātu‎; al-qirabu‎; al-qirbātu	قِرَبَاتُ‎; قِرَبُ‎; قِرْبَاتُ qirabātu‎; qirabu‎; qirbātu
Accusative	قِرَبَاتٍ‎; قِرَبًا‎; قِرْبَاتٍ qirabātin‎; qiraban‎; qirbātin	الْقِرَبَاتِ‎; الْقِرَبَ‎; الْقِرْبَاتِ al-qirabāti‎; al-qiraba‎; al-qirbāti	قِرَبَاتِ‎; قِرَبَ‎; قِرْبَاتِ qirabāti‎; qiraba‎; qirbāti
Genitive	قِرَبَاتٍ‎; قِرَبٍ‎; قِرْبَاتٍ qirabātin‎; qirabin‎; qirbātin	الْقِرَبَاتِ‎; الْقِرَبِ‎; الْقِرْبَاتِ al-qirabāti‎; al-qirabi‎; al-qirbāti	قِرَبَاتِ‎; قِرَبِ‎; قِرْبَاتِ qirabāti‎; qirabi‎; qirbāti

Descendants

• → English: kirbeh
• → Italian: ghirba

Etymology 2

From the root ق ر ب (q-r-b)

Noun

قُرْبَة • (qurba) f (plural قُرُبات (qurubāt) or قُرَب (qurab))

1. kinship

Declension

Declension of noun قُرْبَة (qurba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُرْبَة qurba	الْقُرْبَة al-qurba	قُرْبَة qurbat
Nominative	قُرْبَةٌ qurbatun	الْقُرْبَةُ al-qurbatu	قُرْبَةُ qurbatu
Accusative	قُرْبَةً qurbatan	الْقُرْبَةَ al-qurbata	قُرْبَةَ qurbata
Genitive	قُرْبَةٍ qurbatin	الْقُرْبَةِ al-qurbati	قُرْبَةِ qurbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُرْبَتَيْن qurbatayn	الْقُرْبَتَيْن al-qurbatayn	قُرْبَتَيْ qurbatay
Nominative	قُرْبَتَانِ qurbatāni	الْقُرْبَتَانِ al-qurbatāni	قُرْبَتَا qurbatā
Accusative	قُرْبَتَيْنِ qurbatayni	الْقُرْبَتَيْنِ al-qurbatayni	قُرْبَتَيْ qurbatay
Genitive	قُرْبَتَيْنِ qurbatayni	الْقُرْبَتَيْنِ al-qurbatayni	قُرْبَتَيْ qurbatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُرُبات‎; قُرَب qurubāt‎; qurab	الْقُرُبات‎; الْقُرَب al-qurubāt‎; al-qurab	قُرُبات‎; قُرَب qurubāt‎; qurab
Nominative	قُرُباتٌ‎; قُرَبٌ qurubātun‎; qurabun	الْقُرُباتُ‎; الْقُرَبُ al-qurubātu‎; al-qurabu	قُرُباتُ‎; قُرَبُ qurubātu‎; qurabu
Accusative	قُرُباتٍ‎; قُرَبًا qurubātin‎; quraban	الْقُرُباتِ‎; الْقُرَبَ al-qurubāti‎; al-quraba	قُرُباتِ‎; قُرَبَ qurubāti‎; quraba
Genitive	قُرُباتٍ‎; قُرَبٍ qurubātin‎; qurabin	الْقُرُباتِ‎; الْقُرَبِ al-qurubāti‎; al-qurabi	قُرُباتِ‎; قُرَبِ qurubāti‎; qurabi

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قربة”, 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 419
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قربة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1014

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Hijazi Arabic

قِرْبة

Etymology

From Arabic قِرْبَة (qirba)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡirba/

Noun

قِرْبَة • (girba) f (plural قِرَب ‎(girab) or قِرْبات ‎(girbāt))

1. hot water bottle; usually made out of rubber.

See also

• قارورة (gārūra)
• مَطَّارة (maṭṭāra)