Arabic edit

Adjective edit

مُقْبِل (muqbil) (feminine مُقْبِلَة (muqbila), masculine plural مُقْبِلُونَ (muqbilūna), feminine plural مُقْبِلَات (muqbilāt))

  1. active participle of أَقْبَلَ (ʔaqbala)
  2. next, forthcoming

Declension edit

Noun edit

مُقَبَّل (muqabbalm

  1. place of kissing
    • a. 965, Al-Mutanabbi, ضَيْفٌ أَلَمَّ بِرَأْسِي غَيْرَ مُحْتَشِمِ (ḍayfun ʔalamma biraʔsī ḡayra muḥtašimi)[1]:
      قَبَّلْتُهَا وَدُمُوعِي مَزْجُ أَدْمُعِهَا // وَقَبَّلَتْنِي عَلَى خَوْفٍ فَمًا لِفَمِ
      فَذُقْتُ مَاءَ حَيَاةٍ مِنْ مُقَبَّلِهَا // لَوْ صَابَ تُرْبًا لَأَحْيَا سَالِفَ الْأُمَمِ
      qabbaltuhā wadumūʕī mazju ʔadmuʕihā // waqabbalatnī ʕalā ḵawfin faman lifami
      faḏuqtu māʔa ḥayātin min muqabbalihā // law ṣāba turban laʔaḥyā sālifa l-ʔumami
      I kissed her, and my tears mixed with hers, // and she kissed me timidly, mouth to mouth.
      I tasted the water of life from her kiss, // which may revive the ancestors, if it hit the earth.

Declension edit

Adjective edit

مُقَبِّل (muqabbil) (feminine مُقَبِّلَة (muqabbila), masculine plural مُقَبِّلُونَ (muqabbilūna), feminine plural مُقَبِّلَات (muqabbilāt))

  1. active participle of قَبَّلَ (qabbala)

Declension edit

Adjective edit

مُقَبَّل (muqabbal) (feminine مُقَبَّلَة (muqabbala), masculine plural مُقَبَّلُونَ (muqabbalūna), feminine plural مُقَبَّلَات (muqabbalāt))

  1. passive participle of قَبَّلَ (qabbala)

Declension edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “مقبل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN