قرابة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ق ر ب (q r b)
15 terms

Compare قَرُبَ (qaruba, “to be near”).

Preposition

قُرَابَة • (qurāba)

1. about, almost, approximately, just, nearly, roughly

   Synonym: حَوَالِي (ḥawālī)

   عَاشَ قُرَابَةَ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ

   ʕāša qurābata miʔati sanatin

   He lived approximately/nearly a hundred years.

   قَبْلَ قُرَابَةِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَسَابِيعَ

   qabla qurābati ṯalāṯati ʔasābīʕa

   approximately three weeks ago

Usage notes

• This preposition behaves like a noun as it can be declined. See also other prepositions that can be declined to some extent, e. g. بَعْدَ (baʕda) and مِنْ بَعْدِ (min baʕdi).

Inflection

Nominative

Inflected forms
Base form					قُرَابَةُ (qurābatu)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	قُرَابَتِي (qurābatī)		قُرَابَتُنَا (qurābatunā)
Second person	قُرَابَتُكَ (qurābatuka)	قُرَابَتُكِ (qurābatuki)	قُرَابَتُكُمَا (qurābatukumā)	قُرَابَتُكُمْ (qurābatukum)	قُرَابَتُكُنَّ (qurābatukunna)
Third person	قُرَابَتُهُ (qurābatuhu)	قُرَابَتُهَا (qurābatuhā)	قُرَابَتُهُمَا (qurābatuhumā)	قُرَابَتُهُمْ (qurābatuhum)	قُرَابَتُهُنَّ (qurābatuhunna)

Accusative

Inflected forms
Base form					قُرَابَةَ (qurābata)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	قُرَابَتِي (qurābatī)		قُرَابَتَنَا (qurābatanā)
Second person	قُرَابَتَكَ (qurābataka)	قُرَابَتَكِ (qurābataki)	قُرَابَتَكُمَا (qurābatakumā)	قُرَابَتَكُمْ (qurābatakum)	قُرَابَتَكُنَّ (qurābatakunna)
Third person	قُرَابَتَهُ (qurābatahu)	قُرَابَتَهَا (qurābatahā)	قُرَابَتَهُمَا (qurābatahumā)	قُرَابَتَهُمْ (qurābatahum)	قُرَابَتَهُنَّ (qurābatahunna)

Genitive

Inflected forms
Base form					قُرَابَةِ (qurābati)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	قُرَابَتِي (qurābatī)		قُرَابَتِنَا (qurābatinā)
Second person	قُرَابَتِكَ (qurābatika)	قُرَابَتِكِ (qurābatiki)	قُرَابَتِكُمَا (qurābatikumā)	قُرَابَتِكُمْ (qurābatikum)	قُرَابَتِكُنَّ (qurābatikunna)
Third person	قُرَابَتِهِ (qurābatihi)	قُرَابَتِهَا (qurābatihā)	قُرَابَتِهِمَا (qurābatihimā)	قُرَابَتِهِمْ (qurābatihim)	قُرَابَتِهِنَّ (qurābatihinna)

Noun

قَرَابَة • (qarāba) f

1. verbal noun of قَرُبَ (qaruba) (form I)
2. relation, relationship, kinship

Declension

Declension of noun قَرَابَة (qarāba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَرَابَة qarāba	الْقَرَابَة al-qarāba	قَرَابَة qarābat
Nominative	قَرَابَةٌ qarābatun	الْقَرَابَةُ al-qarābatu	قَرَابَةُ qarābatu
Accusative	قَرَابَةً qarābatan	الْقَرَابَةَ al-qarābata	قَرَابَةَ qarābata
Genitive	قَرَابَةٍ qarābatin	الْقَرَابَةِ al-qarābati	قَرَابَةِ qarābati

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qərabət
• → Persian: قرابت (qarâbat)
• → Ottoman Turkish: قرابت (karâbet)
  • → Turkish: karabet

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ر ب
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَرَابَة (qarāba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.raː.ba/

Noun

قرابة • (garāba) f (plural قرابات (garābāt))

1. relativity
2. relatives