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كَلْب
dog /ˈkalb/
nounA1#417 most common
Also: hound, cur (as an insult for a contemptible person)
Example sentences
عِنْدِي كَلْبٌ.
I have a dog.
الكَلْبُ يَلْعَبُ في الحَديقةِ.
The dog is playing in the garden.
اشْتَرى جاري كَلْبًا لِحِراسةِ البَيتِ.
My neighbor bought a dog to guard the house.
تَنْبَحُ الكِلابُ طَوالَ اللَّيلِ فلا أَستطيعُ النَّومَ.
The dogs bark all night, so I cannot sleep.
يَقولونَ إنَّ الكَلْبَ أَوفى صَديقٍ لِلإنسانِ.
They say the dog is the most loyal friend of man.
عاشَ حَياتَهُ كُلَّها كالكَلْبِ الضَّالِّ، بِلا مَأوًى ولا أَنيسٍ.
He lived his whole life like a stray dog, with no shelter and no companion.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كَلْبٌ | كِلابٌ |
| Genitive | كَلْبٍ | كِلابٍ |
| Accusative | كَلْبًا | كِلابًا |
| Vocative | يا كَلْبُ | يا كِلابُ |
Word family
كَلْبةfemale dog, bitch
كِلابdogs (plural)
كُلَيْبpuppy, little dog (diminutive)
كَلَبrabies
تَكالَبَto pounce or scramble greedily, as dogs do
Etymology
كَلْب comes from the Proto-Semitic root *kalb-, meaning dog. The same root names the animal in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Akkadian. It has carried this meaning across the Semitic languages for thousands of years.
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