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كلب

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See also: كَلْب, کلپ, and کلب

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

Noun

كلب (kelb)

  1. dog

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *kalb-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒌨𒂠 (kalbum) and Biblical Hebrew כֶּלֶב (kɛ́lɛḇ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalb/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

كَلْب (kalb) m (plural كِلَاب (kilāb))

  1. dog
Declension
More information singular, basic singular triptote ...
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: چَلْب (/t͡ʃəlb/), جَلْب (čalb)
  • Hijazi Arabic: كلب (kalb)
  • Maltese: kelb
  • Moroccan Arabic: كلب (kalb)
  • Gujarati: કલ્બ (kalb)
  • Ottoman Turkish: كلب (kelp)
  • Russian: калби́т (kalbít)
  • Swahili: kelbu

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))

  1. to be seized by hydrophobia, to become rabid
  2. to become mad, to become crazy
  3. to covet greedily [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘something’]
Conjugation
More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...

Etymology 3

Likely derived from كَلْب (kalb, dog).

Noun

كَلَب (kalab) m

  1. verbal noun of كَلِبَ (kaliba) (form I)
  2. rabies, hydrophobia
    دَاء الْكَلَبdāʔ al-kalabrabies, hydrophobia
  3. burning thirst
  4. greed
Declension
More information singular, basic singular triptote ...

Adjective

كَلِب (kalib)

  1. rabid, affected with rabies
  2. mad
  3. greedy
Declension
More information singular, masculine ...

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

From Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (N'Djamena):(file)

Noun

كلب (kalib) m (plural كلاب (kulāb), feminine كلبة (kalbe))

  1. dog

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

From Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

Pronunciation

Noun

كلب (kalb) m (plural كلاب (kilāb), feminine كلبة (kalba))

  1. dog

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

Pronunciation

Noun

كلب (kalb) m (plural كلاب (klāb), feminine كلبة (kalba), diminutive كليب (kliyyab))

  1. dog

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

Pronunciation

Noun

كلب (kelb) (plural كلاب (kilâb), feminine كلبت (kelbet))

  1. dog
    Synonyms: كوپك (köpek), ایت (it)
    • 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.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic كَلَب (kalab).

Pronunciation

Noun

كلب (keleb)

  1. rabies, hydrophobia
  2. ferocity, virulence

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian کلاف (kalâf), کلابه (kalâbe), کلاوه (kalâve, clew).

Alternative forms

  • كلبه (kelebe), كلوه (keleve), كلابه (kelabe)

Pronunciation

Noun

كلب (keleb)

  1. clew, ball of yarn
    Synonyms: یوماق (yumak), گلوله (gulule)
  2. weasel, reel
    Synonym: آرشین (arşın)
Derived terms
  • كلبجك (kelebcik, diminutive)
  • كلبچه (kelebçe, a pair of handcuffs)
Descendants
  • Turkish: kelep, kelebe, kelefe
  • Bulgarian: келе́п (kelép), киле́п (kilép), ке́лево (kélevo), ке́ляво (kéljavo), ке́лева (kéleva)
  • Romanian: căleap, călep

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

From Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

Pronunciation

Noun

كلب (kalb) m (plural كلاب (klāb), feminine كلبة (kalbe))

  1. dog

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