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Libyan Arabic
Pronunciation
Noun
قرقابة (gərgāba) f
- a set of one or two cylindrical millstones with an axle through their centers. used to grind olives to produce oil.
- millstone
Noun
قرقابة (gərgāba) pl
- plural of قرقاب (gərgāb, “one who presses olive oil”)
- (vulgar) plural of قرقاب (gərgāb, “masturbator”)
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
The literary form is in Arabic قَبْقَاب (qabqāb), but the Moroccan form agrees with the usual Tigre ቅረቃብ (ḳəräḳab).
Pronunciation
Noun
قرقابة • (qarqāba) f (plural قرقابات (qarqābāt) or قراقب (qrāqib))
- sandal