قَبُول
acceptance
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Highlights
Plural
قُبُلَات
Other plurals
قُبْلَات، قُبَل
Most common words from the same root
قُبْلَة in English
Noun · feminine
- kiss
قُبْلَةُ الْفَجْرِ تُضِئِينَ بِهَا حَيَاتِي كَشَمْسٍ تَشْرُقُ فِي أُوْلَى سَاعَاتِ الصَّبَاحِYour morning kiss lights up my life like a sun rising in the early hours of dawn.
Word origin
Compare قَبِلَ (qabila, “to receive hospitably”).
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
قَبَّلَ
· present يُقَبِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to kiss; to go south
تَقْبِيل
verbal noun of قَبَّلَ
مُقَبِّل
مُقَبَّل
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
أَقْبَلَ
· present يُقْبِلُ
Form IV · Causative
to turn forward; to draw near, to come close, to approach; to advance
تَقَبَّلَ
· present يَتَقَبَّلُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to accept; to hear, to grant
تَقَبُّل
مُتَقَبِّل
مُتَقَبَّل
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
being opposite to each other
مُتَقَابِل
مُتَقَابَل
اِقْتَبَلَ
· present يَقْتَبِلُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to receive; to apply oneself willingly
اِقْتِبَال
مُقْتَبِل
مُقْتَبَل
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
reception
receptor
مُسْتَقْبِل
receiving
future
مُسْتَقْبَل
future
tribe
قَابِلَة
midwife
قَابِلِيَّة
predisposition
قَبَائِلِيَّة
Kabyle language
قُبُل
fore
قَبْلُ
previously
قِبَل
power
قَبَلِيّ
tribal
قَبَائِلِيّ
Kabyle
قَبْلَئِذٍ
before that
قَبْلَذَاكَ
before that
قُبْلَة: plural and other forms
| Singular | قُبْلَة |
|---|---|
| Plural | قُبُلَات |
| Alternative plurals | قُبْلَات، قُبَل |
قُبْلَة in a sentence
Dictionary examples
kiss
قُبْلَةُ الْفَجْرِ تُضِئِينَ بِهَا حَيَاتِي كَشَمْسٍ تَشْرُقُ فِي أُوْلَى سَاعَاتِ الصَّبَاحِYour morning kiss lights up my life like a sun rising in the early hours of dawn.
From a fully vowelled text
فَقَالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ: «يَا يَهُوذَا، أَبِقُبْلَةٍ تُسَلِّمُ ابْنَ الإِنْسَانِ؟»But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?Luke 22:48, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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