قريب

From the root ق ر ب‎ (q-r-b); compare قَرُبَ‎ (qaruba, “to be near”).

• IPA^(key): /qa.riːb/

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1. near, close, adjacent

   Synonym: دَنِي‎ (danī)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:56:

     ‏[…] إِنَّ رَحْمَةَ ٱللّٰهِ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ‎

     […] ʔinna raḥmata llāhi qarībun mina l-muḥsinīna

     […] Indeed, the mercy of Allah is near to the doers of good.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 42:17:

     ‏[…] لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَرِيبٌ‎

     […] laʕalla s-sāʕata qarībun

     […] Perhaps the Hour is near.

2. simple, easily understood

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• بَعِيد‎ (baʕīd)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਕਰੀਬ (karīb)

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• → Swahili: karibu

قَرِيب • (qarīb) m (plural أَقْرِبَاء‎ (ʔaqribāʔ), feminine قَرِيبَة‎ (qarība))

1. relative; relation

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• غَرِيب‎ (ḡarīb)

• قَرِيبًا‎ (qarīban)

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “قرب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.riːb/

قريب • (garīb) (feminine قريبة‎ (garība), common plural قريبين‎ (garībīn), elative أقرب‎ (ʔagrab))

1. near, close

   Antonym: بعيد‎ (baʕīd)

قريب • (garīb) m (plural قرايب‎ (garāyib) or أقارب‎ (ʔagārib), feminine قريبة‎ (garība))

1. relative, relation

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /qriːb/

قريب • (qrīb) (feminine قريبة‎ (qrība), common plural قراب‎ (qrāb), masculine plural قريبين‎ (qrībīn), feminine plural قريبات‎ (qrībāt), elative أقرب‎ (ʔaqrab) or قرب‎ (qrab))

1. near, close, adjacent

   Synonym: (reciprocal) مقارب‎ (mqārib)

   Antonyms: بعيد‎ (bʕīd), (reciprocal) مباعد‎ (mbāʕad, mbāʕid)

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• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔa.riːb/, [ʔaˈriːb]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡa.riːb/, [ɡaˈriːb]

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قريب • (ʔarīb) (feminine قريبة‎ (ʔarībe), common plural قريبين‎ (ʔarībīn), elative أقرب‎ (ʔaʔrab))

1. near, close

   Antonym: بعيد‎ (baʕīd)

قريب • (ʔarīb) m (plural أقربا‎ (ʔaʔriba), feminine قريبة‎ (ʔarībe))

1. relative, relation