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Highlights
Plural
مَقْبَرَات
Other plurals
مَقْبُرَات، مَقَابِر
Most common words from the same root
مَقْبَرَة in English
Noun
- cemetery, graveyard, burial ground
أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ حَتَّى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَCompetition in increase diverts you Until you visit the graveyards.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 102:1-2
Word origin
Noun of place from the verb قَبَرَ (qabara, “to bury”).
Words from the root ق-ب-ر
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
قَبَرَ
· present يَقْبِرُ
Form I · The plain action
to bury, to entomb; to keep confined, to lock up (someone)
أَقْبَرَ
· present يُقْبِرُ
Form IV · Causative
to provide for burial, to have buried
إِقْبَار
مُقْبِر
مُقْبَر
قُنْبَر
coir
مَقْبَرَة: plural and other forms
| Singular | مَقْبَرَة |
|---|---|
| Plural | مَقْبَرَات |
| Alternative plurals | مَقْبُرَات، مَقَابِر |
مَقْبَرَة in a sentence
Dictionary examples
cemetery
أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
حَتَّى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَCompetition in increase diverts you
Until you visit the graveyards.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 102:1-2
From a fully vowelled text
فَتَشَاوَرُوا وَاشْتَرَوْا بِهَا حَقْلَ الْفَخَّارِيِّ مَقْبَرَةً لِلْغُرَبَاءِ.And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.Matthew 27:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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