كعب

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root ك ع ب (k-ʕ-b).

Verb

كَعَبَ (kaʕaba) I, non-past يَكْعُبُ or يَكْعِبُ‎ (yakʕubu or yakʕibu)

  1. to be full and round, to be swelling (of the breasts)

Conjugation

Verb

كَعَّبَ (kaʕʕaba) II, non-past يُكَعِّبُ‎ (yukaʕʕibu)

  1. to make cubic, to cube
  2. to dice

Conjugation

Noun

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  1. knot, knob, node
  2. joint, articulation
  3. (anatomy) ankle, anklebone
  4. (anatomy) heel (of shoe or foot)
  5. stub, counterfoil, coupon
  6. ferrule
  7. die, cube
  8. fame, glory, honor, rank

Declension

Noun

كُعْب (kuʕbm

  1. breasts, bosom

Declension

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “كعب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 473
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كعب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 41
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “كعب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 973