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قُنْبُلَة
bomb /ˈqun.bu.la/
nounA2#879 most common
Also: grenade, bombshell
Example sentences
هَذِهِ قُنْبُلَة.
This is a bomb.
اِنْفَجَرَتِ الْقُنْبُلَةُ.
The bomb exploded.
وَجَدَتِ الشُّرْطَةُ قُنْبُلَةً فِي السَّيَّارَةِ.
The police found a bomb in the car.
أَلْقَتِ الطَّائِرَةُ قُنْبُلَةً عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ.
The plane dropped a bomb on the city.
تَمَكَّنَ الْخَبِيرُ مِنْ تَفْكِيكِ الْقُنْبُلَةِ قَبْلَ انْفِجَارِهَا.
The expert managed to defuse the bomb before it went off.
كَانَ خَبَرُ اسْتِقَالَتِهِ بِمَثَابَةِ قُنْبُلَةٍ هَزَّتِ الْأَوْسَاطَ السِّيَاسِيَّةَ.
The news of his resignation was like a bomb that shook political circles.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قُنْبُلَةٌ | قَنَابِلُ |
| Genitive | قُنْبُلَةٍ | قَنَابِلَ |
| Accusative | قُنْبُلَةً | قَنَابِلَ |
| Vocative | قُنْبُلَةُ | قَنَابِلُ |
Word family
قَنَابِلbombs (plural)
قُنْبُلَة يَدَوِيَّةhand grenade
قُنْبُلَة ذَرِّيَّةatomic bomb
قُنْبُلَة مَوْقُوتَةtime bomb
Etymology
Qunbula is a native Arabic noun built on the quadriliteral root q-n-b-l. In Classical Arabic the word named a band or troop of men or horses. Modern Standard Arabic later applied it to an explosive device, which is the sense in use today.
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