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كلب
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Algerian Arabic
Etymology
Noun
كلب (kelb)
Arabic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *kalb-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒌨𒂠 (kalbum) and Biblical Hebrew כֶּלֶב (kɛ́lɛḇ).
Pronunciation
Noun
كَلْب • (kalb) m (plural كِلَاب (kilāb))
Declension
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Likely denominal to كَلَب (kalab, “rabies”) or directly to كَلْب (kalb, “dog”).
Verb
كَلِبَ • (kaliba) I (non-past يَكْلَبُ (yaklabu), verbal noun كَلَب (kalab))
- to be seized by hydrophobia, to become rabid
- to become mad, to become crazy
- to covet greedily [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘something’]
Conjugation
Etymology 3
Likely derived from كَلْب (kalb, “dog”).
Noun
كَلَب • (kalab) m
- verbal noun of كَلِبَ (kaliba) (form I)
- rabies, hydrophobia
- دَاء الْكَلَب ― dāʔ al-kalab ― rabies, hydrophobia
- burning thirst
- greed
Declension
Adjective
كَلِب • (kalib)
Declension
References
- Freytag, Georg (1837), “كلب”, 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, pages 51–52
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “كلب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 979
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Chadian Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (N'Djamena): (file)
Noun
كلب • (kalib) m (plural كلاب (kulāb), feminine كلبة (kalbe))
References
- Heath, Judith; Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021), Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 73
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
كلب • (kalb) m (plural كلاب (klāb), feminine كلبة (kalba), diminutive كليب (kliyyab))
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic كَلْب (kalb).
Pronunciation
Noun
كلب • (kelb) (plural كلاب (kilâb), feminine كلبت (kelbet))
- dog
- a. 1636, Nefʿī
- طاهر افندی بڭا كلب دیمش
التفاتی بو سوزده ظاهردر
مالكی مذهبم بنم زیرا
اعتقادمجه كلب طاهردر.- Tahir Efendi baña kelb demiş
İltifatı bu sözde zahirdir
Maliki mezhebim benim zira
İʼtikadımca kelb tahirdir - Mr. Ṭāhir has called me a dog
This is an apparent compliment
For my school of law is the Mālikīy
According to my belief the dog is clean.
- Tahir Efendi baña kelb demiş
- a. 1636, Nefʿī
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic كَلَب (kalab).
Pronunciation
Noun
كلب • (keleb)
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Persian کلاف (kalâf), کلابه (kalâbe), کلاوه (kalâve, “clew”).
Alternative forms
- كلبه (kelebe), كلوه (keleve), كلابه (kelabe)
Pronunciation
Noun
كلب • (keleb)
Derived terms
- كلبجك (kelebcik, diminutive)
- كلبچه (kelebçe, “a pair of handcuffs”)
Descendants
References
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “كلب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3904
- Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876), “كلب”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 756
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South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
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