قصبة

قصبة

Arabic

Etymology

Singulative noun composed of قَصَب‎ (qaṣab, “stalk”) +‎ ـَة‎ (-a)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.sˁa.ba/

Noun

قَصَبَة • (qaṣaba) f (singulative, collective قَصَب‎ (qaṣab))

1. stalk, cane
2. thread, filament
3. pipe
   1. (anatomy) ellipsis of قَصَبَة هَوَائِيَّة‎ (qaṣaba(t) hawāʾiyya, “windpipe, trachea”)
4. fortified borough of a city, or the fort itself, casbah
5. (obsolete, Egypt/Sudan until 1891) a linear measure, ¹⁄₅₀₀ of a فَرْسَخ‎ (farsaḵ) – about 3.5 m
6. (obsolete, Saudi-Arabia until 1964) a linear measure, ⁴⁰²⁵⁄₃₂ of a فَرْسَخ‎ (farsaḵ) – 38.4 m

Declension

Declension of noun قَصَبَة (qaṣaba)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَبَة qaṣaba	الْقَصَبَة‎ al-qaṣaba	قَصَبَة qaṣabat
Nominative	قَصَبَةٌ qaṣabatun	الْقَصَبَةُ‎ al-qaṣabatu	قَصَبَةُ qaṣabatu
Accusative	قَصَبَةً qaṣabatan	الْقَصَبَةَ‎ al-qaṣabata	قَصَبَةَ qaṣabata
Genitive	قَصَبَةٍ qaṣabatin	الْقَصَبَةِ‎ al-qaṣabati	قَصَبَةِ qaṣabati
Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَب‎ qaṣab	الْقَصَب‎ al-qaṣab	قَصَب‎ qaṣab
Nominative	قَصَبٌ‎ qaṣabun	الْقَصَبُ‎ al-qaṣabu	قَصَبُ‎ qaṣabu
Accusative	قَصَبًا‎ qaṣaban	الْقَصَبَ‎ al-qaṣaba	قَصَبَ‎ qaṣaba
Genitive	قَصَبٍ‎ qaṣabin	الْقَصَبِ‎ al-qaṣabi	قَصَبِ‎ qaṣabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَبَتَيْن‎ qaṣabatayn	الْقَصَبَتَيْن‎ al-qaṣabatayn	قَصَبَتَيْ‎ qaṣabatay
Nominative	قَصَبَتَانِ‎ qaṣabatāni	الْقَصَبَتَانِ‎ al-qaṣabatāni	قَصَبَتَا‎ qaṣabatā
Accusative	قَصَبَتَيْنِ‎ qaṣabatayni	الْقَصَبَتَيْنِ‎ al-qaṣabatayni	قَصَبَتَيْ‎ qaṣabatay
Genitive	قَصَبَتَيْنِ‎ qaṣabatayni	الْقَصَبَتَيْنِ‎ al-qaṣabatayni	قَصَبَتَيْ‎ qaṣabatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَبَات‎ qaṣabāt	الْقَصَبَات‎ al-qaṣabāt	قَصَبَات‎ qaṣabāt
Nominative	قَصَبَاتٌ‎ qaṣabātun	الْقَصَبَاتُ‎ al-qaṣabātu	قَصَبَاتُ‎ qaṣabātu
Accusative	قَصَبَاتٍ‎ qaṣabātin	الْقَصَبَاتِ‎ al-qaṣabāti	قَصَبَاتِ‎ qaṣabāti
Genitive	قَصَبَاتٍ‎ qaṣabātin	الْقَصَبَاتِ‎ al-qaṣabāti	قَصَبَاتِ‎ qaṣabāti

Descendants

• Maltese: qasba
• → Czech: kasba
• → English: casbah
• → English: cassaba
• → Ottoman Turkish: قصبه‎ (kasaba)
  • → Hungarian: kaszba
  • → Serbo-Croatian: каса̀ба
• → Polish: kasba
• → Portuguese: alcáçava
• → Russian: ка́сба (kásba)
• → Slovak: kasba
• → Slovene: kasba
• → Spanish: alcazaba
• → Ukrainian: казба́ (kazbá)

References

• Cardarelli, François (2003) Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. Their SI Equivalences and Origins, London: Springer, →ISBN, pages 128, 135