قطب

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See also: قطت and ق ط ب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ط ب (q-ṭ-b).

Verb

قَطَبَ (qaṭaba) I, non-past يَقْطِبُ‎ (yaqṭibu)

  1. to gather, to collect
  2. (obsolete) to mix the wine, to fill it into its vessels in a blended state
    • a. 625 اَلأَعْشَى (al-ʔaʕšā)
      وَكَأسٍ كَعَينِ الديكِ باكَرتُ حَدَّها
      بِفِتيانِ صِدقٍ وَالنَواقيسُ تُضرَبُ
      سُلافٍ كَأَنَّ الزَعفَرانَ وَعَندَما
      يُصَفَّقُ في ناجودِها ثُمَّ تُقطَبُ
      wa-kaʾsin ka-ʿayni ad-dīki bākartu ḥadda-hā
      bi-fityāni ṣidqin wa-n-nawāqīsu tuḍrabu
      sulāfin ka-ʾanna az-zaʿfarāna wa-ʿindamā
      yuṣaffaqu fī nājūdi-hā ṯumma tuqṭabu
      There are stoops splendid like cock’s eyen, and I betook myself early to cross the border [into the land of the Christians]
      with friendly lads, where the bells are hit,
      where there is fore-must wine like saffron,
      and one clinks the beakers and then mixes the wine.

Conjugation

Verb

قَطَبَ (qaṭaba) I, non-past يَقْطِبُ‎ (yaqṭibu)

  1. to knit the eyebrows, to scowl

Conjugation

Verb

قَطَّبَ (qaṭṭaba) II, non-past يُقَطِّبُ‎ (yuqaṭṭibu)

  1. to scowl, to glower
  2. to knit the brow, to frown
  3. (Egypt) to sew together

Conjugation

Noun

قُطْب (quṭbm (plural أَقْطَاب (ʔaqṭāb))

  1. axis, axle
  2. pivot, hub
  3. pole (electrical, astronomy, geography)
  4. (usually in the plural) leader, authority, leading personality, celebrity

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

قَطْب (qaṭbm

  1. verbal noun of قَطَبَ (qaṭaba) (form I)

Declension

قطبTribulus terrestris

Noun

قَطْب or قُطُب (qaṭb or quṭubm

  1. Tribulus spp.
    Synonym: شَرْشَر (šaršar)

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “قطب”, 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 463
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قطب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 905