أبقى

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word أبقى. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word أبقى, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say أبقى in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word أبقى you have here. The definition of the word أبقى will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofأبقى, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب ق ي (b q y)
7 terms

Elative of بَاقٍ (bāqin, lasting, permanent).

Adjective

أَبْقَى (ʔabqā)

  1. elative degree of بَاقٍ (bāqin):
    1. more lasting, more permanent; most lasting, most permanent
    2. better preserving, better protecting; best preserving, best protecting
Declension

Etymology 2

Form IV from the root ب ق ي (b-q-y).

Verb

أَبْقَى (ʔabqā) IV (non-past يُبْقِي (yubqī), verbal noun إِبْقَاء (ʔibqāʔ)).

  1. to keep, to let stay, to make bide
    • 2018 December 2, “فلسطيني يصنع آلة موسيقية تقليدية عمرها 5 آلاف عام”, in AlQuds.com, archived from the original on 3 December 2018:
      لكن متعة الإبداع بإنجاز تحف فنية يبقي حسنين متمسكا بمهنته النادرة عربيا.
      But the jollity in shaping works of art keeps Hassanayn tied with this occupation rare in the Arab world.
    • 2021 June 15, “تحذير لتركيا من تولي هذه المهمة.. طالبان ترفض تأمين الناتو مطار كابل وقتلى بهجوم شرقي البلاد”, in Al Jazeera:
      أَعْلَنَتْ حَرَكَةُ طَالِبَانَ ٱلْأَفْغَانِيَّةُ أَنَّهَا تَعْتَبِرُ قَرَارَ حِلْفِ شَمَالِ ٱلْأَطْلَسِيِّ "نَاتُو" (NATO) إِبْقَاءَ قُوَّاتِهِ لِتَأْمِينِ مَطَارِ كَابُلَ ٱلدُّوَلِيِّ ٱسْتِمْرَارًا لِٱحْتِلَالِ أَفْغَانِسْتَانَ، []
      ʔaʕlanat ḥarakatu ṭālibāna l-ʔafḡāniyyatu ʔannahā taʕtabiru qarāra ḥilfi šamāli l-ʔaṭlasiyyi "nātū" (NATO) ʔibqāʔa quwwātihi litaʔmīni maṭāri kābula d-duwaliyyi stimrāran liḥtilāli ʔafḡānistāna, []
      The Taliban declared that it considers the decision of the NATO to keep its forces to secure Kabul International Airport as a continuation of the occupation of Afghanistan.
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Verb

أَبْقَى (ʔabqā) (form I) /ʔab.qaː/

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative/subjunctive of بَقِيَ (baqiya)

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “أبقى”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 105
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “أبقى”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 237–239
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “أبقى”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 84
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “أبقى”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 103–104