انكب

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ك ب ب (k-b-b)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

اِنْكَبَّ (inkabba) VII, non-past يَنْكَبُّ‎ (yankabbu)

  1. to get down, to fall prostrate, to pronate
  2. (figurative) to devote oneself or to focus, to engage in, to begin with or initiate, to throw oneself into (+ عَلَى (ʕalā))
    اَلْعُمَّالُ يَنْكَبُّونَ عَلَى عَمَلِهِمْ.
    al-ʕummālu yankabbūna ʕalā ʕamalihim.
    The workers devote themselves to their work.

Conjugation[edit]

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ك ب ب
3 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic اِنْكَبَّ (inkabba).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /in.kabb/, [ɪnˈkab]
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Verb[edit]

انكبّ (inkabb) VII (present بنكبّ (binkabb))

  1. passive of كبّ (kabb):
    1. to be spilled
    2. to be tossed, thrown out, thrown away
      الكمّامة لازم تتغيّر وتنكبّ كلّ تمن لعشر ساعات.
      il-kammāme lāzem titḡayyar w tinkabb kull taman la-ʕašr sāʕāt
      The mask must be changed and thrown away every eight to ten hours.

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of انكبّ (inkabb)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m انكبّيت (inkabbēt) انكبّيت (inkabbēt) انكبّ (inkabb) انكبّينا (inkabbēna) انكبّيتو (inkabbētu) انكبّو (inkabbu)
f انكبّيتي (inkabbēti) انكبّت (inkabbat)
present m بنكبّ (bankabb) بتنكبّ (btinkabb) بنكبّ (binkabb) مننكبّ (mninkabb) بتنكبّو (btinkabbu) بنكبّو (binkabbu)
f بتنكبّي (btinkabbi) بتنكبّ (btinkabb)
subjunctive m انكبّ (ankabb) تنكبّ (tinkabb) ينكبّ (yinkabb) ننكبّ (ninkabb) تنكبّو (tinkabbu) ينكبّو (yinkabbu)
f تنكبّي (tinkabbi) تنكبّ (tinkabb)
imperative m انكبّ (inkabb) انكبّو (inkabbu)
f انكبّي (inkabbi)