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مُقْبِل

coming, upcoming /ˈmuq.bil/

adjectiveA2#1377 most common

Also: next (in time), approaching, advancing, eager for, devoted to

Example sentences

الأُسْبوعُ المُقْبِلُ مُهِمٌّ.
Next week is important.
سَأُسافِرُ في الشَّهْرِ المُقْبِلِ.
I will travel next month.
يَنْتَظِرُ النّاسُ العامَ المُقْبِلَ بِأَمَلٍ كَبيرٍ.
People await the coming year with great hope.
رَأَيْنا قارِباً مُقْبِلاً نَحْوَ الشّاطِئِ.
We saw a boat advancing toward the shore.
إنَّهُ شابٌّ مُقْبِلٌ عَلى الحَياةِ، لا يَعْرِفُ اليَأْسَ.
He is a young man embracing life, who knows no despair.
في الدَّوْرَةِ المُقْبِلَةِ، سَيُواجِهُ الفَريقُ تَحَدِّياتٍ غَيْرَ مَسْبوقَةٍ تَتَطَلَّبُ إِعادَةَ هَيْكَلَةٍ شامِلَةٍ.
In the coming season, the team will face unprecedented challenges that require a complete restructuring.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeمُقْبِلٌمُقْبِلونَ
Genitiveمُقْبِلٍمُقْبِلينَ
Accusativeمُقْبِلاًمُقْبِلينَ
Vocativeيا مُقْبِلُيا مُقْبِلونَ

Word family

أَقْبَلَto approach, come forward, advance
اِسْتَقْبَلَto receive, welcome, face
مُسْتَقْبَلfuture
إِقْبالturnout; eagerness, demand
قَبْلَbefore

Etymology

مُقْبِل is the active participle of the Form IV verb أَقْبَلَ, meaning to come forward or advance. Both derive from the triliteral root ق-ب-ل, which carries the sense of front, facing, and acceptance. The same root yields قَبْلَ ('before'), اِسْتَقْبَلَ ('to receive, to face'), and مُسْتَقْبَل ('future'). In time expressions مُقْبِل marks what is approaching, so the coming week is the week that advances toward us.

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