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qāba

excavate, hollow out

قابَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ق ء ب

Forms

Present
يَقُوبُ

In the library

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ

The Qurʾān, page 526 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ قابَيَقُوبُ—
she هِيَ قابَتتَقُوبُ—
they two (m.) هُما قابايَقُوبانِ—
they two (f.) هُما قابَتاتَقُوبانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ قابُوايَقُوبُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ قُبْنَيَقُبْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ قُبْتَتَقُوبُقُوبْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ قُبْتِتَقُوبِينَقُوبِي
you two أَنْتُما قُبْتُماتَقُوبانِقُوبَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ قُبْتُمتَقُوبُونَقُوبُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ قُبْتُنَّتَقُبْنَقُوبْنَ
I أَنا قُبْتُأَقُوبُ—
we نَحْنُ قُبْنانَقُوبُ—

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries
  • قَأَبَ الطَّعَامَ Form I He ate the food
    , (As, S, O, K,) aor. , inf. n. قَأْبٌ, (K,) He ate the food. (As, S, O, K.) ― -b2- And قَأَبَ المَآءَ He drank the water; as also قَيأِبَهُ: (K:) or he drank all the water that was in the vessel. (As, S, O, K.) ― -b3- And قَيأِبَ مِنَ الشَّرَابِ, aor. , inf. n. قَأْبٌ and قَأَبٌ, (K, TA,) the latter thus (مُحَرَّكَة), agreeably with analogy, (TA, [but in the CK قَآب,]) He became filled with the beverage; (Lth, K;) as also قَأَبَ مِنْهُ: (Lth:) or he drank the beverage: (TA:) and, or simply قَيأِبَ, like صَيأِبَ, (S,) he drank much water. (S, TA.)
  • قَوأُوبٌ Open entry
    : see مِقْأَبٌ.
  • إِنَآءٌ قَوْأَبٌ A vessel that takes, or receives, much water
    and ↓ قَوْأَبِىٌّ A vessel that takes, or receives, much water: (O, K:) the latter epithet expl. by Lth as signifying taking, or receiving, much. (L.)
  • قَوْأَبِىٌّ Open entry
    : see what next precedes.
  • مِقْأَبٌ who drinks much water
    (S, O, K) and ↓ قَوأُوبٌ (K) One who drinks much water: (S, O:) or one who drinks much. (K.)

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