أقرب

العربية

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أقرب^¹

/ʔaq.rab/

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Elative of قَرِيب (qarīb, “near”).

adjective أَقْرَب · ʔaqrab · قُرْبَى · أَقْرَبُون · أَقَارِب · قُرْبَيَات

nearer; nearest وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
more probable; most probable
in plural relatives, kin اَلْأَقْرَبُونَ أَوْلَى بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ

أقرب^²

/ʔaq.ra.ba/

verb أَقْرَبَ · ʔaqraba · يُقْرِبُ · إِقْرَاب · مُقْرِب

to cause a thing to be nearly filled or completed, to be close to being reached, to approach nigh to a time, point, or degree
said of a female to be near the term of pregnancy, to be close to giving birth
to cause camels to travel at night with intention of bringing them closer to a water-source so that they may attain a drink by the morning, to travel at night toward water, to be a people whose camels are undertaking the night journey for such a purpose
to be the distance of one night's travel before reaching water

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {أقرب},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A8},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}