قريب

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See also: قریب, فریب, and قرئت

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ر ب (q-r-b); compare قَرُبَ (qaruba, to be near).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.riːb/
  • (file)

Adjective

قَرِيب (qarīb) (feminine قَرِيبَة (qarība) or قَرِيب (qarīb), masculine plural قَرِيبُون (qarībūn) or قَرَابَى (qarābā) or أَقْرِبَاء (ʔaqribāʔ), feminine plural قَرِيبَات (qarībāt) or قَرَائِب (qarāʔib), elative أَقْرَب (ʔaqrab))

  1. near, close, adjacent
    • Quran
      إِنَّ رَحْمَةَ اللَّٰهِ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنينَ
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • Quran
      لَعَلَّ السَّاعَةَ قَرِيبٌ
      laʕalla s-sāʕata qarībun
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. simple, easily understood

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Noun

قَرِيب (qarībm (plural أَقْرِبَاء (ʔaqribāʔ), feminine قَرِيبَة (qarība))

  1. relative; relation

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References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قرب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN