قريب

Arabic

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb قَرُبَ (qaruba, “to be near”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.riːb/
• Rhymes: -iːb

• Audio

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Adjective

قَرِيب • (qarīb) (feminine قَرِيبَة (qarība) or قَرِيب (qarīb), masculine plural قَرِيبُون (qarībūn) or قَرَابَى (qarābā) or أَقْرِبَاء (ʔaqribāʔ), feminine plural قَرِيبَات (qarībāt) or قَرَائِب (qarāʔib), elative أَقْرَب (ʔaqrab))

1. near, close, adjacent

   Synonym: دَنِي (danī)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:56:

     […] إِنَّ رَحْمَةَ ٱللّٰهِ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

     […] ʔinna raḥmata llāhi qarībun mina l-muḥsinīna

     Indeed, the mercy of Allah is near to the doers of good.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 42:17:

     […] لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَرِيبٌ

     […] laʕalla s-sāʕata qarībun

     Perhaps the Hour is near.

2. simple, easily understood

Declension

Antonyms

• بَعِيد (baʕīd)

Descendants

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਕਰੀਬ (karīb)

  Shahmukhi script: قريب (qarīb)

• → Swahili: karibu

Noun

قَرِيب • (qarīb) m (plural أَقْرِبَاء (ʔaqribāʔ), feminine قَرِيبَة (qarība))

1. relative; relation

Declension

Antonyms

• غَرِيب (ḡarīb)

Related terms

• قَرِيبًا (qarīban)

References

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

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قَرِيب (qarīb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.riːb/

Adjective

قريب • (garīb) (feminine قريبة (garība), common plural قريبين (garībīn), elative أقرب (ʔagrab))

1. near, close

   Antonym: بعيد (baʕīd)

Noun

قريب • (garīb) m (plural قرايب (garāyib) or أقارب (ʔagārib), feminine قريبة (garība))

1. relative, relation

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قَرِيب (qarīb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qriːb/

Adjective

قريب • (qrīb) (feminine قريبة (qrība), common plural قراب (qrāb), masculine plural قريبين (qrībīn), feminine plural قريبات (qrībāt), elative أقرب (ʔaqrab) or قرب (qrab))

1. near, close, adjacent

   Synonym: (reciprocal) مقارب (mqārib)

   Antonyms: بعيد (bʕīd), (reciprocal) مباعد (mbāʕad, mbāʕid)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قَرِيب (qarīb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔa.riːb/,
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡa.riːb/,

• Audio (Jerusalem)

  (file)

Adjective

قريب • (ʔarīb) (feminine قريبة (ʔarībe), common plural قريبين (ʔarībīn), elative أقرب (ʔaʔrab))

1. near, close

   Antonym: بعيد (baʕīd)

Noun

قريب • (ʔarīb) m (plural أقربا (ʔaʔriba), feminine قريبة (ʔarībe))

1. relative, relation