قرابة

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Arabic

Etymology

Root
ق ر ب (q r b)
15 terms

Compare قَرُبَ (qaruba, “to be near”).

Preposition

قُرَابَة • (qurāba)

  1. about, almost, approximately, just, nearly, roughly
    Synonym: حَوَالِي (ḥawālī)
    عَاشَ قُرَابَةَ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ
    ʕāša qurābata miʔati sanatin
    He lived approximately/nearly a hundred years.
    قَبْلَ قُرَابَةِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَسَابِيعَ
    qabla qurābati ṯalāṯati ʔasābīʕa
    approximately three weeks ago

Usage notes

  • This preposition behaves like a noun as it can be declined. See also other prepositions that can be declined to some extent, e. g. بَعْدَ (baʕda) and مِنْ بَعْدِ (min baʕdi).

Inflection

Nominative
    Inflected forms
Base form قُرَابَةُ (qurābatu)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms 		Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person قُرَابَتِي (qurābatī) قُرَابَتُنَا (qurābatunā)
Second person قُرَابَتُكَ (qurābatuka) قُرَابَتُكِ (qurābatuki) قُرَابَتُكُمَا (qurābatukumā) قُرَابَتُكُمْ (qurābatukum) قُرَابَتُكُنَّ (qurābatukunna)
Third person قُرَابَتُهُ (qurābatuhu) قُرَابَتُهَا (qurābatuhā) قُرَابَتُهُمَا (qurābatuhumā) قُرَابَتُهُمْ (qurābatuhum) قُرَابَتُهُنَّ (qurābatuhunna)
Accusative
    Inflected forms
Base form قُرَابَةَ (qurābata)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms 		Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person قُرَابَتِي (qurābatī) قُرَابَتَنَا (qurābatanā)
Second person قُرَابَتَكَ (qurābataka) قُرَابَتَكِ (qurābataki) قُرَابَتَكُمَا (qurābatakumā) قُرَابَتَكُمْ (qurābatakum) قُرَابَتَكُنَّ (qurābatakunna)
Third person قُرَابَتَهُ (qurābatahu) قُرَابَتَهَا (qurābatahā) قُرَابَتَهُمَا (qurābatahumā) قُرَابَتَهُمْ (qurābatahum) قُرَابَتَهُنَّ (qurābatahunna)
Genitive
    Inflected forms
Base form قُرَابَةِ (qurābati)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms 		Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person قُرَابَتِي (qurābatī) قُرَابَتِنَا (qurābatinā)
Second person قُرَابَتِكَ (qurābatika) قُرَابَتِكِ (qurābatiki) قُرَابَتِكُمَا (qurābatikumā) قُرَابَتِكُمْ (qurābatikum) قُرَابَتِكُنَّ (qurābatikunna)
Third person قُرَابَتِهِ (qurābatihi) قُرَابَتِهَا (qurābatihā) قُرَابَتِهِمَا (qurābatihimā) قُرَابَتِهِمْ (qurābatihim) قُرَابَتِهِنَّ (qurābatihinna)

Noun

قَرَابَة • (qarāba) f

  1. verbal noun of قَرُبَ (qaruba) (form I)
  2. relation, relationship, kinship

Declension

Declension of noun قَرَابَة (qarāba)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَرَابَة
qarāba 		الْقَرَابَة
al-qarāba 		قَرَابَة
qarābat
Nominative قَرَابَةٌ
qarābatun 		الْقَرَابَةُ
al-qarābatu 		قَرَابَةُ
qarābatu
Accusative قَرَابَةً
qarābatan 		الْقَرَابَةَ
al-qarābata 		قَرَابَةَ
qarābata
Genitive قَرَابَةٍ
qarābatin 		الْقَرَابَةِ
al-qarābati 		قَرَابَةِ
qarābati

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: qərabət
  • → Persian: قرابت (qarâbat)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قرابت (karâbet)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ر ب
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَرَابَة (qarāba).

Pronunciation

Noun

قرابة • (garāba) f (plural قرابات (garābāt))

  1. relativity
  2. relatives
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