رقابة

Arabic

Root
ر ق ب (r q b)
10 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of رَقَبَ (raqaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.qaː.ba/, /ri.qaː.ba/

Noun

رَقَابَة or رِقَابَة • (raqāba or riqāba) f

1. verbal noun of رَقَبَ (raqaba) (form I)
2. censorship
3. controlling
4. supervision
5. expectation

Declension

Declension of noun رَقَابَة (raqāba)‎; رِقَابَة (riqāba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَقَابَة‎; رِقَابَة raqāba‎; riqāba	الرَّقَابَة‎; الرِّقَابَة ar-raqāba‎; ar-riqāba	رَقَابَة‎; رِقَابَة raqābat‎; riqābat
Nominative	رَقَابَةٌ‎; رِقَابَةٌ raqābatun‎; riqābatun	الرَّقَابَةُ‎; الرِّقَابَةُ ar-raqābatu‎; ar-riqābatu	رَقَابَةُ‎; رِقَابَةُ raqābatu‎; riqābatu
Accusative	رَقَابَةً‎; رِقَابَةً raqābatan‎; riqābatan	الرَّقَابَةَ‎; الرِّقَابَةَ ar-raqābata‎; ar-riqābata	رَقَابَةَ‎; رِقَابَةَ raqābata‎; riqābata
Genitive	رَقَابَةٍ‎; رِقَابَةٍ raqābatin‎; riqābatin	الرَّقَابَةِ‎; الرِّقَابَةِ ar-raqābati‎; ar-riqābati	رَقَابَةِ‎; رِقَابَةِ raqābati‎; riqābati

Descendants

• → Persian: رقابت (raqābat/reqâbat, “competition”)
  • → Azerbaijani: rəqabət
  • → Chagatai: رقابت
    • Uyghur: رىقابەت (riqabet)
    • Uzbek: raqobat
  • → Northern Kurdish: reqabet
  • → Ottoman Turkish: رقابت (rekâbet)
    • Turkish: rekabet
  • → Pashto: رقابت (reqābát)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رقابة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “رقابة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN