قباء
Arabic
Etymology 1
From the root ق ب و (q-b-w).
Noun
قِبَاء • (qibāʾ) m
- interval, interspace, distance
Declension
Declension of noun قِبَاء (qibāʾ)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قِبَاء qibāʾ | الْقِبَاء al-qibāʾ | قِبَاء qibāʾ |
| Nominative | قِبَاءٌ qibāʾun | الْقِبَاءُ al-qibāʾu | قِبَاءُ qibāʾu |
| Accusative | قِبَاءً qibāʾan | الْقِبَاءَ al-qibāʾa | قِبَاءَ qibāʾa |
| Genitive | قِبَاءٍ qibāʾin | الْقِبَاءِ al-qibāʾi | قِبَاءِ qibāʾi |
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian kpʾh (kabāh, “garment, cloak”).
Noun
قَبَاء • (qabāʾ) m (plural أَقْبِيَة (ʾaqbiya))
- a kind of garment with long sleeves
- 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 8:17:
- إِذَا وَسَّعَ اللَّهُ فَأَوْسِعُوا، جَمَعَ رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابَهُ، صَلَّى رَجُلٌ فِي إِزَارٍ وَرِدَاءٍ، فِي إِزَارٍ وَقَمِيصٍ، فِي إِزَارٍ وَقَبَاءٍ، فِي سَرَاوِيلَ وَرِدَاءٍ، فِي سَرَاوِيلَ وَقَمِيصٍ، فِي سَرَاوِيلَ وَقَبَاءٍ، فِي تُبَّانٍ وَقَبَاءٍ، فِي تُبَّانٍ وَقَمِيصٍ ـ قَالَ وَأَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ ـ فِي تُبَّانٍ وَرِدَاءٍ.
- ʾiḏā wassaʿa l-lahu faʾawsiʿū, jamaʿa rajulun ʿalayhi ṯiyābahu, ṣallā rajulun fī ʾizārin waridāʾin, fī ʾizārin waqamīṣin, fī ʾizārin waqabāʾin, fī sarāwīla waridāʾin, fī sarāwīla waqamīṣin, fī sarāwīla waqabāʾin, fī tubbānin waqabāʾin, fī tubbānin waqamīṣin - qāla waʾaḥsibuhu qāla - fī tubbānin waridāʾin.
- When Allah makes you wealthier then you should clothe yourself properly during prayers. Otherwise one can pray with an ʾizār and a ridaʾ, ʾizār and a shirt, ʾizār and a qabāʾ, trousers and a ridaʾ, trousers and a shirt or trousers and a qabāʾ, tubbān and a qabāʾ or tubbān and a shirt. (The narrator added, “I think that he also said a tubbān and a ridaʾ.”)
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Declension
Declension of noun قَبَاء (qabāʾ)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قَبَاء qabāʾ | الْقَبَاء al-qabāʾ | قَبَاء qabāʾ |
| Nominative | قَبَاءٌ qabāʾun | الْقَبَاءُ al-qabāʾu | قَبَاءُ qabāʾu |
| Accusative | قَبَاءً qabāʾan | الْقَبَاءَ al-qabāʾa | قَبَاءَ qabāʾa |
| Genitive | قَبَاءٍ qabāʾin | الْقَبَاءِ al-qabāʾi | قَبَاءِ qabāʾi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | قَبَاءَيْن qabāʾayn | الْقَبَاءَيْن al-qabāʾayn | قَبَاءَيْ qabāʾay |
| Nominative | قَبَاءَانِ qabāʾāni | الْقَبَاءَانِ al-qabāʾāni | قَبَاءَا qabāʾā |
| Accusative | قَبَاءَيْنِ qabāʾayni | الْقَبَاءَيْنِ al-qabāʾayni | قَبَاءَيْ qabāʾay |
| Genitive | قَبَاءَيْنِ qabāʾayni | الْقَبَاءَيْنِ al-qabāʾayni | قَبَاءَيْ qabāʾay |
| Plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَقْبِيَة ʾaqbiya | الْأَقْبِيَة al-ʾaqbiya | أَقْبِيَة ʾaqbiyat |
| Nominative | أَقْبِيَةٌ ʾaqbiyatun | الْأَقْبِيَةُ al-ʾaqbiyatu | أَقْبِيَةُ ʾaqbiyatu |
| Accusative | أَقْبِيَةً ʾaqbiyatan | الْأَقْبِيَةَ al-ʾaqbiyata | أَقْبِيَةَ ʾaqbiyata |
| Genitive | أَقْبِيَةٍ ʾaqbiyatin | الْأَقْبِيَةِ al-ʾaqbiyati | أَقْبِيَةِ ʾaqbiyati |
Descendants
- → Catalan: gavany
- → Georgian: კაბა (ḳaba)
- → Bats: კაბ (ḳab)
- → Mingrelian: კაბა (ḳaba)
- → Ossetian: къа́ба (k’ába, “dress”)
- → Svan: კაბ (ḳab)
- → Malay: kebaya
- Indonesian: kebaya
- → Chinese: 可巴雅 (kěbāyǎ)
- → English: kebaya
- → Middle Armenian: կապայ (kapay)
- Armenian: կապա (kapa)
- → Persian: قبا (qabâ)
- → Ottoman Turkish: كبه (kebe, “blanket”)
- Turkish: kebe
- → Bulgarian: ке́бе (kébe)
- → Macedonian: ќебе (ḱebe)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ће̏бе / ćȅbe
- → Ottoman Turkish: كبه (kebe, “blanket”)
- → Portuguese: gabão
- → Spanish: gabán
- → Italian: gabbano
- → French: caban
- → German: Caban
- → French: caban
- → Sicilian: gabbanu
- → Italian: gabbano
Proper noun
قُبَاء • (qubāʾ) m
- a mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia
Declension
Declension of noun قُبَاء (qubāʾ)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | قُبَاء qubāʾ | — |
| Nominative | — | قُبَاءٌ qubāʾun | — |
| Accusative | — | قُبَاءً qubāʾan | — |
| Genitive | — | قُبَاءٍ qubāʾin | — |
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845) Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, pages 352–362
- Freytag, Georg (1835), “قباء”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 395
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “قباء”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 670
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “قباء”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1000