قطب

See also: قطت and ق ط ب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ط ب (q-ṭ-b).

Verb

قَطَبَ (qaṭaba) I, non-past يَقْطِبُ‎ (yaqṭibu)

  1. to gather, to collect
  2. (obsolete) to mix the wine, to fill it into its vessels in a blended state
    • a. 625, اَلأَعْشَى (al-ʾaʿšā)
      وَكَأسٍ كَعَينِ الديكِ باكَرتُ حَدَّها
      بِفِتيانِ صِدقٍ وَالنَواقيسُ تُضرَبُ
      سُلافٍ كَأَنَّ الزَعفَرانَ وَعَندَما
      يُصَفَّقُ في ناجودِها ثُمَّ تُقطَبُ
      wa-kaʾsin ka-ʿayni ad-dīki bākartu ḥadda-hā
      bi-fityāni ṣidqin wa-n-nawāqīsu tuḍrabu
      sulāfin ka-ʾanna az-zaʿfarāna wa-ʿindamā
      yuṣaffaqu fī nājūdi-hā ṯumma tuqṭabu
      There are stoops splendid like cock’s eyen, and I betook myself early to cross the border [into the land of the Christians]
      with friendly lads, where the bells are hit,
      where there is fore-must wine like saffron,
      and one clinks the beakers and then mixes the wine.

Conjugation

Verb

قَطَبَ (qaṭaba) I, non-past يَقْطِبُ‎ (yaqṭibu)

  1. to knit the eyebrows, to scowl

Conjugation

Verb

قَطَّبَ (qaṭṭaba) II, non-past يُقَطِّبُ‎ (yuqaṭṭibu)

  1. to scowl, to glower
  2. to knit the brow, to frown
  3. (Egypt) to sew together

Conjugation

Noun

قُطْب (quṭb) m (plural أَقْطَاب (ʾaqṭāb))

  1. axis, axle
  2. pivot, hub
  3. pole (electrical, astronomy, geography)
  4. (usually in the plural) leader, authority, leading personality, celebrity

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

قَطْب (qaṭb) m

  1. verbal noun of قَطَبَ (qaṭaba) (form I)

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835), قطب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 463
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), قطب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 905
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