ق ر ب

See also: قرب, فرت, and قرت

Arabic

Root

ق ر ب • (q-r-b)

1. related to nearness

Antonyms

• غ ر ب (ḡ-r-b)
• ب ع د (b-ʕ-d)

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: قَرُبَ (qaruba)
  • Verbal noun: قُرْب (qurb), مَقْرَبَة (maqraba), قَرَابَة (qarāba), مَقْرُبَة (maqruba)
• Form I: قَرِبَ (qariba)
  • Verbal noun: قِرْبَان (qirbān), قُرْبَان (qurbān)
  • Passive participle: مَقْرُوب (maqrūb)
• Form II: قَرَّبَ (qarraba)
  • Verbal noun: تَقْرِيب (taqrīb)
  • Active participle: مُقَرِّب (muqarrib)
  • Passive participle: مُقَرَّب (muqarrab)
• Form III: قَارَبَ (qāraba)
  • Verbal noun: مُقَارَبَة (muqāraba), قِرَاب (qirāb)
  • Active participle: مُقَارِب (muqārib)
  • Passive participle: مُقَارَب (muqārab)
• Form IV: أَقْرَبَ (ʔaqraba)
  • Verbal noun: إِقْرَاب (ʔiqrāb)
  • Active participle: مُقْرِب (muqrib)
  • Passive participle: مُقْرَب (muqrab)
• Form V: تَقَرَّبَ (taqarraba)
  • Verbal noun: تَقَرُّب (taqarrub)
  • Active participle: مُتَقَرِّب (mutaqarrib)
  • Passive participle: مُتَقَرَّب (mutaqarrab)
• Form VI: تَقَارَبَ (taqāraba)
  • Verbal noun: تَقَارُب (taqārub)
  • Active participle: مُتَقَارِب (mutaqārib)
  • Passive participle: مُتَقَارَب (mutaqārab)
• Form VII: اِنْقَرَبَ (inqaraba)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْقِرَاب (inqirāb)
  • Active participle: مُنْقَرِب (munqarib)
• Form VIII: اِقْتَرَبَ (iqtaraba)
  • Verbal noun: اِقْتِرَاب (iqtirāb)
  • Active participle: مُقْتَرِب (muqtarib)
  • Passive participle: مُقْتَرَب (muqtarab)
• Form X: اِسْتَقْرَبَ (istaqraba)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِقْرَاب (istiqrāb)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَقْرِب (mustaqrib)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَقْرَب (mustaqrab)

Nouns

• قُرْب (qurb, “vicinity”)
• مِقْرَاب (miqrāb, “vat or pond almost full of water; telescope”)

Preposition

• قُرْبَ (qurba)

Adjectives

• قَرِيب (qarīb, “near”); elative أَقْرَب (ʔaqrab)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ق ر ب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 321–323
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “ق ر ب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 418–420
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ق ر ب”, 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^[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, pages 703–706

Anagrams

• ق ب ر (q b r)
• ب ق ر (b q r)
• ر ق ب (r q b)
• ب ر ق (b r q)