قب

قَبَّ • (qabba) I (non-past يَقُبُّ (yaqubbu), verbal noun قَبّ (qabb))

1. (transitive) to chop off (e.g. someone's hand)
2. (intransitive) to stand on end, to bristle (e.g. of hair)
3. (intransitive) to stand up, to straighten up, to stand erect
4. (intransitive) to rise, to ascend
5. (transitive) to wrap
6. (transitive) to build (a dome)
7. (transitive) to outfit (a building) with a dome
8. (transitive) to round (one's belly) into a dome shape
9. (transitive) to gather (one's limbs) into a dome shape
10. (intransitive) to wither (of a plant)
11. (intransitive) to close up and dry up (of an open wound)
12. (intransitive) to become thin and emaciated (of a person or one's stomach)
13. (intransitive) to quarrel noisily
14. (intransitive) to roar with a clattering of fangs (of a lion)
15. (intransitive) to clatter (of fangs)

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

From Arabic قِبّ (qibb).

• IPA^(key): /qubː/

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قب • (qubb) m (plural قباب (qbāb))

1. hood (headwear)

• قبية (qubbiyya)