قصبة

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.sˤa.ba/
  • (Morocco) IPA^(key): /qasˤ.ba/
  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /ɡa.sˤa.ba/

Noun

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

1. stalk, cane
2. thread, filament
3. pipe
   1. (anatomy) ellipsis of قَصَبَة هَوَائِيَّة (qaṣaba(t) hawāʔiyya, “windpipe, trachea”).
4. fortified borough of a city, or the fort itself, casbah
5. (obsolete, Egypt/Sudan until 1891) a linear measure, ¹⁄₅₀₀ of a فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ) – about 3.5 m
6. (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)
	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
	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
	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: alcáçova, alcáçava
• → Russian: ка́сба (kásba)
• → Slovak: kasba
• → Slovene: kasba
• → Spanish: alcazaba
• → Swahili: kasiba
• → 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
• Piamenta, Moshe (1991) Dictionary of Post-Classical Yemeni Arabic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 400b