Arabic edit

Verb edit

كَبَتَ (kabata) I, non-past يَكْبِتُ‎ (yakbitu)

  1. to curb, to keep back, to suppress
    كَبَتَ ضَحْكَةًkabata ḍaḥkatanHe suppressed laughter.

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

كَبْت (kabtm

  1. verbal noun of كَبَتَ (kabata) (form I)

Declension edit

Gulf Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English cupboard.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كبت (kabatm (dual كبتين (kabatēn), plural كبتات (kabatāt))

  1. closet

References edit

  1. ^ عبد الله صالح [Abdullah Saleh] (2012) “حرف الكاف [Letter Kaf]”, in الليوان, Kuwait: Platinum Book, →ISBN, page 79

Hijazi Arabic edit

Root
ك ب ت
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic كَبْتْ (kabt).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كبت (kabtm

  1. suppression
  2. repression
    Synonym: َقَمْع (gamʕ)