قرب

• From the root ق ر ب‎ (q-r-b), with the form I being reconstructed securely as Proto-Semitic *qarib-, likewise the form II as Proto-Semitic *qarrib-.
• While the Hebrew Biblical Hebrew קָרַב‎ (qāráḇ, “to approach”) governs prepositions of approach like אֶל‎ (el), לְ‎ (lə), עַל‎ (ʿāl), the Arabic قَرُبَ (qaruba) has obtained the opposited preposition مِن‎ (min) by analogy of بَعُدَ‎ (baʿuda, “to be far”); compare the same with دَنَا‎ (danā, “to come near”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /qa.ru.ba/

قَرُبَ • (qaruba) I, non-past يَقْرُبُ‎‎ (yaqrubu)

1. to be near, to come near, to approach [+ مِن‎ (object)] or [+ إِلَى‎ (object)]

قَرُبَ • (qaruba) I, non-past يَقْرُبُ‎‎ (yaqrubu)

1. to be related, to be of close relations, to be kindred (especially on the maternal side)
2. to have relation to something, to be associated
3. to be engaged with, to be or become involved with

• IPA^(key): /qa.ri.ba/

قَرِبَ • (qariba) I, non-past يَقْرَبُ‎‎ (yaqrabu)

1. (transitive) to be near, to come near, to approach [+accusative]

• IPA^(key): /qar.ra.ba/

قَرَّبَ • (qarraba) II, non-past يُقَرِّبُ‎‎ (yuqarribu)

1. to cause or allow to be near
2. to make or let approach

• IPA^(key): /qurb/

قُرْب • (qurb) m

1. verbal noun of قَرُبَ (qaruba) (form I)
2. nearness, presence

   ‏عِنْدَمَا كَانَ جَالِسًا بِالْقُرْبِ مِنْ زَوْجَتِهِ... صَرَخَتْ فِي وَجْهِهِ قَائِلَةً: ”اِبْتَعِدْ عَنِّي!“‎‎ ― ʿindamā kāna jālisan bi-l-qurbi min zawjatihi... ṣaraḵat fī wajhihi qāʾilatan: ”ibtaʿid ʿannī!“ ― When he was sitting next to his wife... she yelled into his face, saying: “Go away from me!”

   • 2004, Nancy Ajram, "Ana Leih", Ah W Noss

     أنا ليه بحب حبك قوي كده ليه
     وأموت في قربك أنا كده ليه

     ʾana leih bi-ḥubbi ḥubbak qawī kida leih
     wa-'mūtu fī qorbak ʾana kida leih

• IPA^(key): /qur.ba/

قُرْبَ • (qurba)

1. near, in the vicinity of

   ‏قُرْبَ ٱلظُّهْر‎ ― qurba ẓ-ẓuhr ― towards noon