قصبة

Arabic

Etymology

Singulative noun composed of قَصَب (qaṣab, “stalk”) +‎ ـَة (-a)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qa.sˤa.ba/
- (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /qasˤ.ba/
- (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /ɡa.sˤa.ba/

Noun

قَصَبَة • (qaṣaba) f (singulative, collective قَصَب m (qaṣab))

stalk, cane
thread, filament
pipe
1. (anatomy) ellipsis of قَصَبَة هَوَائِيَّة (qaṣaba(t) hawāʔiyya, “windpipe, trachea”).
fortified borough of a city, or the fort itself, casbah
(obsolete, Egypt/Sudan until 1891) a linear measure, ¹⁄₅₀₀ of a فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ) – about 3.5 m
(obsolete, Saudi Arabia until 1964) a linear measure, ³²⁄₄₀₂₅ of a فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ) – 38.4 m

Declension

Declension of noun قَصَبَة (qaṣaba)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَبَة qaṣaba	الْقَصَبَة al-qaṣaba	قَصَبَة qaṣabat
Nominative	قَصَبَةٌ qaṣabatun	الْقَصَبَةُ al-qaṣabatu	قَصَبَةُ qaṣabatu
Accusative	قَصَبَةً qaṣabatan	الْقَصَبَةَ al-qaṣabata	قَصَبَةَ qaṣabata
Genitive	قَصَبَةٍ qaṣabatin	الْقَصَبَةِ al-qaṣabati	قَصَبَةِ qaṣabati
Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَب qaṣab	الْقَصَب al-qaṣab	قَصَب qaṣab
Nominative	قَصَبٌ qaṣabun	الْقَصَبُ al-qaṣabu	قَصَبُ qaṣabu
Accusative	قَصَبًا qaṣaban	الْقَصَبَ al-qaṣaba	قَصَبَ qaṣaba
Genitive	قَصَبٍ qaṣabin	الْقَصَبِ al-qaṣabi	قَصَبِ qaṣabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَبَتَيْن qaṣabatayn	الْقَصَبَتَيْن al-qaṣabatayn	قَصَبَتَيْ qaṣabatay
Nominative	قَصَبَتَانِ qaṣabatāni	الْقَصَبَتَانِ al-qaṣabatāni	قَصَبَتَا qaṣabatā
Accusative	قَصَبَتَيْنِ qaṣabatayni	الْقَصَبَتَيْنِ al-qaṣabatayni	قَصَبَتَيْ qaṣabatay
Genitive	قَصَبَتَيْنِ qaṣabatayni	الْقَصَبَتَيْنِ al-qaṣabatayni	قَصَبَتَيْ qaṣabatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَبَات qaṣabāt	الْقَصَبَات al-qaṣabāt	قَصَبَات qaṣabāt
Nominative	قَصَبَاتٌ qaṣabātun	الْقَصَبَاتُ al-qaṣabātu	قَصَبَاتُ qaṣabātu
Accusative	قَصَبَاتٍ qaṣabātin	الْقَصَبَاتِ al-qaṣabāti	قَصَبَاتِ qaṣabāti
Genitive	قَصَبَاتٍ qaṣabātin	الْقَصَبَاتِ al-qaṣabāti	قَصَبَاتِ qaṣabāti

Descendants

Maltese: qasba
→ Catalan: alcassaba
→ Czech: kasba
→ English: casbah
→ English: cassaba
→ Esperanto: alkazabo
→ Hindustani
Hindi: क़स्बा (qasbā)

Urdu: قصبہ (qasbā)
→ Hungarian: kaszba
→ Italian: casba
→ Ottoman Turkish: قصبه (kasaba)
- Turkish: kasaba
- → Bulgarian: касаба́ (kasabá)
- → Macedonian: касаба (kasaba)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: каса̀ба
  Latin script: kasàba
→ Persian: قصبه
→ Polish: kasba
→ Portuguese: alcáçava
→ Russian: ка́сба (kásba)
→ Slovak: kasba
→ Slovene: kasba
→ Spanish: alcazaba
→ Ukrainian: казба́ (kazbá)

References

Cardarelli, François (2003) Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. Their SI Equivalences and Origins, London: Springer, →ISBN, pages 128, 135

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