قرقابة
Libyan Arabic edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
قرقابة (gərgāba) f
- a set of one or two cylindrical millstones with an axle through their centers. used to grind olives to produce oil.
- millstone
Noun edit
قرقابة (gərgāba) pl
Moroccan Arabic edit
Etymology edit
The literary form is in Arabic قَبْقَاب (qabqāb), but the Moroccan form agrees with the usual Tigre ቅረቃብ (ḳəräḳab).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
قرقابة • (qarqāba) f (plural قرقابات (qarqābāt) or قراقب (qrāqib))