Arabic

Verb

قَطَبَ • ‎(qaṭaba) I, non-past يَقْطِبُ‎ (yaqṭibu)

1. to gather, to collect

Conjugation

References

• Wehr, Hans (1976), “قطب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8

Verb

قَطَبَ • ‎(qaṭaba) I, non-past يَقْطِبُ‎ (yaqṭibu)

1. to knit the eyebrows, to scowl

Conjugation

References

• Wehr, Hans (1976), “قطب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8

Verb

قَطَّبَ • ‎(qaṭṭaba) II, non-past يُقَطِّبُ‎ (yuqaṭṭibu)

1. to scowl, to glower
2. to knit the brow, to frown
3. (Egypt) to sew together

Conjugation

Noun

قُطْب • ‎(quṭb) m ‎(plural أَقْطَاب ‎(ʾaqṭāb))

1. axis, axle
2. pivot, hub
3. pole (electrical, astronomy, geography)
4. (usually in the plural) leader, authority, leading personality, celebrity

Declension

Related terms

• استقطاب
• قاطبَة
• قُطْبِيّ ‎(quṭbiyy, “polar”)
• قطبَة
• قطوب

Etymology 2

Noun

قَطْب • ‎(qaṭb) m

1. verbal noun of قَطَبَ ‎(qaṭaba) (form I)

Declension