قلب
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قلب¹
- /qa.la.ba/
- /qal.la.ba/
- /qul.lab/
Where it comes from
Derived from قَلَبَ (qalaba, “to turn”).
Alternatively, from Proto-Semitic *libb- (“heart”), with the initial ق possibly being a phonological insertion to break a biconsonantal cluster and avoid *∅alb or *∅ulb, thus *lb → *∅alb → qalb. See also Arabic لُبّ (lubb), "core, heart, intellect", without q- as well.
noun قَلْب · qalb · قُلُوب · الْقَلْب
- verbal noun of قَلَبَ (qalaba) (form I)
- heart (organ)
- heart (the symbolic seat of human emotion) إِنَّمَا يُمْكِنُ لِلْإِنْسَانِ أَنْ يَرَى بِصُورَةٍ صَحِيحَةٍ مِنْ خِلَالِ قَلْبِهِ؛ فَالْأُمُورَ الْجَوْهَرِيَّةِ غَيْرُ مُرَئِيَّةٍ لِلْعَيْنِ.
noun قَلْب · قِلْب · قُلْب · qalb · qilb · qulb
- pith, heart of palm
verb قَلَبَ · qalaba · يَقْلِبُ · قَلْب · قَالِب
- to turn
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to change
قَلَبَ ٱلْمَوْضُوعَ رَأْساً عَلَى عَقِبٍ.
Similar: غَيَّرَ
verb قَلَّبَ · qallaba · يُقَلِّبُ · تَقْلِيب · مُقَلِّب
- to turn, to flip, to roll over repeatedly قَلَّبَ صَفَحَاتِ الْكِتَابِ
adjective قُلَّب · qullab · الْقُلَّب · قُلَّبَة · الْقُلَّبَة
- who is skillful in turning, versatile, adaptable, flexible
قلب²
- /qulb/
Where it comes from
While it could be thought as from the root ق ل ب (q l b) due to being “turned over” or “warped” around the arm, Classical Syriac ܩܘܠܒܐ (qulbā, “bracelet”) is attested early and suggested as a source for this Arabic word, and as Aramaic lacks this root, Akkadian 𒄑𒆪𒌌𒁍 (^(GIŠ)qu₃-ul-pu /qulpu/, “encasement, bark of wood”) is suggested as its source. The later sense may also be reflected in a different homophonic Akkadian 𒆰𒁍 (qul-pu /qulpu/, “a type of barley”).
noun قُلْب · qulb · الْقُلْب · قُلْبٌ
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bracelet, bangle
وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهَا إِذَا قَدِمَ فَاطِمَةَ فَقَدِمَ مِنْ غَزَاةٍ لَهُ وَقَدْ عَلَّقَتْ مِسْحًا أَوْ سِتْرًا عَلَى بَابِهَا وَحَلَّتِ الْحَسَنَ وَالْحُسَيْنَ قُلْبَيْنِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ فَقَدِمَ فَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ فَظَنَّتْ أَنَّ مَا مَنَعَهُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ مَا رَأَى فَهَتَكَتِ السِّتْرَ وَفَكَ
Similar: سِوَار
- gromwell (Lithospermum officinale, as also Lithospermum arvense syn. Buglossoides arvensis; and Phalaris aquatica or Phalaris canariensis) قلب، قال ابن ماسويه: هو بزر هندي يشبه بزر الكتّان إلّا أنّه أكبر منه يعلوه غبرة، وقال ثابت: هو ماش هندي من الحاوي.
In English
- heart emotions or kindness
- turn position something by folding it back on itself, or using its folds
- turn over to flip over
- anagram word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
- flip to throw (as in to turn over)
- turn upside down to rotate top to bottom
- stoneseed any plant of the genus Lithospermum
- heart of palm a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees
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