Arabic

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Root
ك ع ب (k ʕ b)
4 terms

Verb

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كَعَبَ (kaʕaba) I (non-past يَكْعُبُ (yakʕubu) or يَكْعِبُ (yakʕibu), verbal noun كُعُوب (kuʕūb))

  1. to be full and round, to be swelling (of the breasts)

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كَعَّبَ (kaʕʕaba) II (non-past يُكَعِّبُ (yukaʕʕibu), verbal noun تَكْعِيب (takʕīb))

  1. to make cubic, to cube
  2. to dice

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Noun

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كَعْب (kaʕbm (plural كِعَاب (kiʕāb) or كُعُوب (kuʕūb))

  1. knot, knob, node
  2. joint, articulation
  3. (anatomy) ankle, anklebone
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:6:
      وَٱمْسَحُوا بِرُؤُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْكَعْبَيْنِ
      wamsaḥū biruʔūsikum waʔarjulakum ʔilā l-kaʕbayni
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  4. (anatomy, proscribed) heel
  5. high heels
  6. stub, counterfoil, coupon
  7. ferrule
  8. die, cube
  9. fame, glory, honor, rank

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كُعْب (kuʕbm

  1. breasts, bosom

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References

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  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “كعب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 473
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كعب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 41
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “كعب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 973