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اِسْتَقْبَلَ

to receive

VerbForm XRoot ق-ب-ل

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Present tense
يَسْتَقْبِلُ
Verbal noun
اِسْتِقْبَال
Active participle
مُسْتَقْبِل
Passive participle
مُسْتَقْبَل

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form I
قَبِلَ
to accept
Verb · Form III
قَابَلَ
to stand exactly opposite
Adjective
مُقْبِل
next
Noun
قَبِيل
guarantor
Verb · Form VI
تَقَابَلَ
to face each other
Noun
مُقَابَلَة
interview

اِسْتَقْبَلَ in English

Verb · Form X

  1. to receive (a person, radio broadcast, etc.)
  2. to turn one’s face toward
  3. to go to meet, to meet
    اِسْتَقْبَلَ الضُّيُوفَ بِابْتِسَامَةٍ حَارَّةٍ.He welcomed the guests with a warm smile.
  4. to face, to confront
  5. to place oneself in front of, opposite to (transitive)
  6. to take upon oneself, to assume
  7. to impend

Word origin

Desiderative to قَبِلَ (qabila, “to receive”).

Words from the root ق-ب-ل

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

قَبِلَ · present يَقْبَلُ
Form I · The plain action

to accept; to receive kindly, to give a friendly reception; to acquiesce, to put up with, to agree, to consent, to assent

قَبُول
Verbal noun
acceptance
قُبُول
Verbal noun
قَابِل
Active participle
مَقْبُول
Passive participle · Adjective
passive participle of قَبِلَ
قَبِيل
Derived noun
guarantor
قُبْلَة
Derived noun
kiss
قَبَّلَ · present يُقَبِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to kiss; to go south

تَقْبِيل
Verbal noun
verbal noun of قَبَّلَ
مُقَبِّل
Active participle
مُقَبَّل
Passive participle
place of kissing
قَابَلَ · present يُقَابِلُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to stand exactly opposite, to be opposite, to be face to face; to confront, to face, to counter; to meet, to encounter, to visit, to call on

interview
مُقَابِل
Active participle
مُقَابَل
Passive participle
أَقْبَلَ · present يُقْبِلُ
Form IV · Causative

to turn forward; to draw near, to come close, to approach; to advance

إِقْبَال
Verbal noun
approach
مُقْبِل
Active participle · Adjective
next
مُقْبَل
Passive participle
تَقَبَّلَ · present يَتَقَبَّلُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to accept; to hear, to grant

تَقَبُّل
Verbal noun
مُتَقَبِّل
Active participle
مُتَقَبَّل
Passive participle
تَقَابَلَ · present يَتَقَابَلُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to stand opposite each other, to be opposite each other, to face each other; to meet, to get together; to be compared, to be collated

تَقَابُل
Verbal noun
being opposite to each other
مُتَقَابِل
Active participle
مُتَقَابَل
Passive participle
اِقْتَبَلَ · present يَقْتَبِلُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to receive; to apply oneself willingly

اِقْتِبَال
Verbal noun
مُقْتَبِل
Active participle
مُقْتَبَل
Passive participle
اِسْتَقْبَلَ · present يَسْتَقْبِلُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to receive (a person, radio broadcast, etc.); to turn one’s face toward; to go to meet, to meet

اِسْتِقْبَال
Verbal noun
reception
مُسْتَقْبِل
Active participle
receptor
مُسْتَقْبِل
Active participle · Adjective
receiving
مُسْتَقْبَل
Passive participle
future
مُسْتَقْبَل
Passive participle · Adjective
future
قَبِيلَة
Noun · f.
tribe
قَابِلَة
Noun · f.
midwife
قَابِلِيَّة
Noun · f.
predisposition
قَبَائِلِيَّة
Noun · f.
Kabyle language
قُبُل
Noun
fore
قَبْلُ
Adverb
previously
قِبَل
Noun · m.
power
قَبَلِيّ
Adjective
tribal
قَبَائِلِيّ
Adjective
Kabyle
قَبْلَئِذٍ
Adverb
before that
قَبْلَذَاكَ
Adverb
before that

اِسْتَقْبَلَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iاِسْتَقْبَلْتُأَسْتَقْبِلُأَسْتَقْبِلَأَسْتَقْبِلْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)اِسْتَقْبَلْتَتَسْتَقْبِلُتَسْتَقْبِلَتَسْتَقْبِلْاِسْتَقْبِلْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)اِسْتَقْبَلْتِتَسْتَقْبِلِينَتَسْتَقْبِلِيتَسْتَقْبِلِياِسْتَقْبِلِي
هُوَ heاِسْتَقْبَلَيَسْتَقْبِلُيَسْتَقْبِلَيَسْتَقْبِلْ—
هِيَ sheاِسْتَقْبَلَتْتَسْتَقْبِلُتَسْتَقْبِلَتَسْتَقْبِلْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoاِسْتَقْبَلْتُمَاتَسْتَقْبِلَانِتَسْتَقْبِلَاتَسْتَقْبِلَااِسْتَقْبِلَا
هُمَا they two (m.)اِسْتَقْبَلَايَسْتَقْبِلَانِيَسْتَقْبِلَايَسْتَقْبِلَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)اِسْتَقْبَلَتَاتَسْتَقْبِلَانِتَسْتَقْبِلَاتَسْتَقْبِلَا—
نَحْنُ weاِسْتَقْبَلْنَانَسْتَقْبِلُنَسْتَقْبِلَنَسْتَقْبِلْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)اِسْتَقْبَلْتُمْتَسْتَقْبِلُونَتَسْتَقْبِلُواتَسْتَقْبِلُوااِسْتَقْبِلُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)اِسْتَقْبَلْتُنَّتَسْتَقْبِلْنَتَسْتَقْبِلْنَتَسْتَقْبِلْنَاِسْتَقْبِلْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)اِسْتَقْبَلُوايَسْتَقْبِلُونَيَسْتَقْبِلُوايَسْتَقْبِلُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)اِسْتَقْبَلْنَيَسْتَقْبِلْنَيَسْتَقْبِلْنَيَسْتَقْبِلْنَ—
Verbal nounاِسْتِقْبَال
Active participleمُسْتَقْبِل
Passive participleمُسْتَقْبَل

اِسْتَقْبَلَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to go to meet

اِسْتَقْبَلَ الضُّيُوفَ بِابْتِسَامَةٍ حَارَّةٍ.He welcomed the guests with a warm smile.

From a fully vowelled text

لأَنَّهُ كَانَ بَعْدُ فِي صُلْبِ أَبِيهِ حِينَ اسْتَقْبَلَهُ مَلْكِي صَادَقَ.For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.Hebrews 7:10, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي إِذْ نَزَلُوا مِنَ الْجَبَلِ، اسْتَقْبَلَهُ جَمْعٌ كَثِيرٌ.And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the hill, much people met him.Luke 9:37, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَلَمَّا دَخَلَ بُطْرُسُ اسْتَقْبَلَهُ كَرْنِيلِيُوسُ وَسَجَدَ وَاقِعًا عَلَى قَدَمَيْهِ.And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.Acts 10:25, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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