قارب

Derived from the active participle of قَرِبَ‎ (qariba, ““to approach””), from the root ق ر ب‎ (q-r-b) meaning to “come near”, “to approach” or “to journey closer”.[1][2] Originally referring to a small boat used by a seaman as a convenient means to approach shore rather than bringing a larger vessel to port.[2]

Alternatively a loan from Latin carabus or Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos) – also found as Classical Syriac ܩܪܒܝܢ‎ – with an uncertain etymology related to beetles and crabs, perhaps originally Semitic; for more see caravel, عَقْرَب‎ (ʿaqrab) and its cognates.[3]

• IPA^(key): /qaː.rib/
  • (Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.reb/
  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /ɡaː.rib/

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قَارِب • (qārib) m (plural قَوَارِب‎ (qawārib))

1. a small boat, a skiff, a dingy

قَارَبَ • (qāraba) III, non-past يُقَارِبُ‎‎ (yuqāribu)

1. to be one coming near or close to something, to be an approacher, to be almost at a point
2. to try to get closer, to attempt or strive to make something nearer, to attempt to reach or gain access
   1. to raise the legs of a woman for the purpose of coitus