قابل

See also: قاتل

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ق ب ل (q-b-l).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qaː.ba.la/
  • (file)

Verb

قَابَلَ (qābala) III, non-past يُقَابِلُ‎ (yuqābilu)

  1. to stand exactly opposite, to be opposite, to be face to face
  2. to confront, to face, to counter
  3. to meet, to encounter, to visit, to call on
  4. to interview, to grant an audience, to receive in audience
  5. to repay, to return
  6. to compare, to collate
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Swahili: -kabili

Verb

قَابِل (qābil) (form I)

Adjective

قَابِل ل (qābil l)

  1. meaning equivalent to English -able, -ible.
  2. susceptible to, subject to , receptive to, [+ ل (object)]
    قَابِل للاحتراق
    qabil li-l-iħtiˈraːq
    burnable, literally=subject to burning
Declension

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَابِل (qābil).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /qɔˈbil/

Adjective

Dari قابِل
Iranian Persian
Tajik қобил (qobil)

قابِل (qâbel) (comparative قابِل‌تَر (qâbel-tar), superlative قابِل‌تَرین (qâbel-tarin))

  1. qualified; able; competent
  2. worthy; deserving
  3. Used with an ezâfe with a meaning equivalent to English -able, -ible.
    قابلِ (qâbel-e) + توجه (tavajjoh, attention)قابلِ توجه (qâbel-e tavajjoh, noteworthy)
    قابلِ (qâbel-e) + قبول (qabul, acceptance)قابلِ قبول (qâbel-e qabul, acceptable)
    قابلِ (qâbel-e) + خوردن (xordan, to eat)قابلِ خوردن (qâbel-e xordan, edible)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ب ل

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَابَلَ (qābala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔaː.bal/, [ˈʔæː.bal]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ɡaː.bal/, [ˈɡæː.bal]
  • (file)

Verb

قابل (ʔābal) (form III, present بقابل (biʔābel))

  1. to meet with
  2. to interview
Conjugation
    Conjugation of قابل (ʔābal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قابلت (ʔābalt) قابلت (ʔābalt) قابل (ʔābal) قابلنا (ʔābalna) قابلتو (ʔābaltu) قابلو (ʔābalu)
f قابلتي (ʔābalti) قابلت (ʔābalat)
present m بقابل (baʔābel) بتقابل (bitʔābel) بقابل (biʔābel) منقابل (minʔābel) بتقابلو (bitʔāblu) بقابلو (biʔāblu)
f بتقابلي (bitʔābli) بتقابل (bitʔābel)
subjunctive m اقابل (aʔābel) تقابل (tʔābel) يقابل (yʔābel) نقابل (nʔābel) تقابلو (tʔāblu) يقابلو (yʔāblu)
f تقابلي (tʔābli) تقابل (tʔābel)
imperative m قابل (ʔābel) قابلو (ʔāblu)
f قابلي (ʔābli)

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَابِل (qābil).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔaː.bil/, [ˈʔæː.bɪl]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ɡaː.bil/, [ˈɡæː.bɪl]
  • (file)

Participle

قابل (ʔābel) (feminine قابلة (ʔāble), common plural قابلين (ʔāblīn))

  1. active participle of قبل (ʔibil, to accept)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قابل (qābil), from Arabic قَابِل (qābil).

Pronunciation

Adjective

قابِل (qābil) (Hindi spelling क़ाबिल)

  1. capable
  2. worthy, deserving

References

  • قابل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قابل”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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