كبة

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See also: كبه, کپه, گته, and گبه

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ك ب ب (k-b-b) related to toppling, rolling, or from كَبَاب (kabāb, roast meat, kebab) in the meatball sense, but this may also be from that root.

Noun

كَبَّة or كُبَّة (kabba or kubbaf (plural كُبَب (kubab)) (obsolete)

  1. a crowd of humans or horses
  2. a compression, a crowding, a pushing forward as into battle, vehemence
  3. a focal point – such as even of fire

Declension

Noun

كِبَّة or كُبَّة (kibba or kubbaf (plural كِبَب (kibab) or كُبَب (kubab))

  1. ball, globule, spherule, pellet
  2. kibbeh, a meat-heavy dumpling
  3. (obsolete) bubo, plague-tumor

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