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قُبْعَة
hat /ˈqub.ʕa/
nounB1#1559 most common
Also: cap
Example sentences
القُبْعَةُ جَميلَةٌ.
The hat is beautiful.
أَيْنَ قُبْعَتي؟
Where is my hat?
لَبِسَ الوَلَدُ قُبْعَةً حَمْراءَ.
The boy wore a red hat.
نَسيتُ قُبْعَتي في المَدْرَسَةِ.
I forgot my hat at school.
تَحْمي القُبْعَةُ رَأْسَكَ مِنَ الشَّمْسِ.
The hat protects your head from the sun.
ارْتَدَى الضّابِطُ قُبَّعَتَهُ العَسْكَرِيَّةَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ القاعَةَ.
The officer put on his military cap before entering the hall.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قُبْعَةٌ | قُبَّعاتٌ |
| Genitive | قُبْعَةٍ | قُبَّعاتٍ |
| Accusative | قُبْعَةً | قُبَّعاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا قُبْعَةُ | يا قُبَّعاتُ |
Word family
قَبَعَto crouch, to withdraw
قابِعcrouching, hunkered down
قُبوعthe act of crouching or hiding away
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ق-ب-ع (q-b-ʿ). The base verb قَبَعَ carries the sense of withdrawing or pulling in, as a turtle pulls its head into its shell. A قُبْعَة sits over and covers the head, which fits that sense of drawing in and enclosing.
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