كعب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ك ع ب (k-ʿ-b).

Verb

كَعَبَ (kaʿaba) I, non-past يَكْعُبُ or يَكْعِبُ‎ (yakʿubu or yakʿibu)

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

Conjugation

Verb

كَعَّبَ (kaʿʿaba) II, non-past يُكَعِّبُ‎ (yukaʿʿibu)

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

Conjugation

Noun

كَعْب (kaʿb) m (plural كِعَاب (kiʿāb) or كُعُوب (kuʿūb))

  1. knot, knob, node
  2. joint, articulation
  3. (anatomy) ankle, anklebone
  4. (anatomy) heel (of shoe or foot)
  5. stub, counterfoil, coupon
  6. ferrule
  7. die, cube
  8. fame, glory, honor, rank

Declension

Noun

كُعْب (kuʿb) m

  1. breasts, bosom

Declension

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), كعب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 473
  • Freytag, Georg (1837), كعب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (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
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