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 (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 (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 (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)