انكب

Arabic

Root
ك ب ب (k-b-b)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.kab.ba/

Verb

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك ب ب
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic اِنْكَبَّ (inkabba).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

    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)
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