قبيل

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See also: قتيل

Arabic

Root
ق ب ل (q b l)
21 terms

Etymology 1

From قَبِلَ (qabila), to receive kindly.

Noun

قَبِيل (qabīlm

  1. guarantor
  2. bail bond agent, bondsman
  3. surety
  4. kind, specimen, sort
  5. tribe
Declension
Declension of noun قَبِيل (qabīl)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal قَبِيل
qabīl
الْقَبِيل
al-qabīl
قَبِيل
qabīl
nominative قَبِيلٌ
qabīlun
الْقَبِيلُ
al-qabīlu
قَبِيلُ
qabīlu
accusative قَبِيلًا
qabīlan
الْقَبِيلَ
al-qabīla
قَبِيلَ
qabīla
genitive قَبِيلٍ
qabīlin
الْقَبِيلِ
al-qabīli
قَبِيلِ
qabīli

Etymology 2

Diminutive of قَبْل (qabl).

Preposition

قُبَيْلَ (qubayla)

  1. shortly before
Inflected forms
base form قُبَيْلَ (qubayla)
Personal-pronoun including forms
singular dual plural
m f m f
1st person قُبَيْلِي (qubaylī) قُبَيْلَنَا (qubaylanā)
2nd person قُبَيْلَكَ (qubaylaka) قُبَيْلَكِ (qubaylaki) قُبَيْلَكُمَا (qubaylakumā) قُبَيْلَكُمْ (qubaylakum) قُبَيْلَكُنَّ (qubaylakunna)
3rd person قُبَيْلَهُ (qubaylahu) قُبَيْلَهَا (qubaylahā) قُبَيْلَهُمَا (qubaylahumā) قُبَيْلَهُمْ (qubaylahum) قُبَيْلَهُنَّ (qubaylahunna)
Antonyms