q b r
33 lemmas · 9 languages
soundAll three consonants are regular📜 Gen.23.4
Themes:bury·7tomb·6grave·5burial·5inter·3
POS shape:noun·20verb·13
This root is attested across 9 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.
Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family
*q-b-rProto-Semitic
East Semitic
Akkadianqabrumq b r— grave, tomb
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎖𐎁𐎗𐎖 𐎁 𐎗— to bury, inter
Canaanite
Hebrewקֶבֶרק ב ר— grave, gravesite
Phoenician𐤒𐤁𐤓𐤒 𐤁 𐤓— tomb
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicקברק ב ר— to bury, to inter
Syriacܩܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ \ ܩܰܒ݂ܪܳܐܩ ܒ ܪ— grave, tomb, sepulcher/sepulchre
Assyrian NAܩܵܒ݂ܹܪܩ ܒ ܪ— to bury, tomb
Arabic
Arabicقَبَرَق ب ر— to bury, to entomb
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezቀበረቀ በ ረ— to bury
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Akkadian
akk · 2 lemmas- grave, tombCognate with Arabic قَبْر (qabr, “grave”) and Biblical Hebrew קֶבֶר (qɛ́ḇɛr, “grave”).
- to buryFrom 𒀍 (qabrum, “grave”). Cognate with Arabic قَبَرَ (qabara) and Biblical Hebrew קָבַר (qɔḇar).
Ugaritic
irregular reflexug · 2 lemmas- to bury, interCompare Hebrew קָבַר (qabár, “to bury, inter”).
- graveFrom Proto-Semitic *qabr-. Compare Hebrew קֶבֶר (qéḇer), Arabic قَبْر (qabr).
Phoenician
irregular reflexphn · 1 lemma- tomb
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 2 lemmas- to bury, to inter
- grave, tomb
Classical Syriac
syc · 4 lemmas- grave, tomb, sepulcher/sepulchreFrom the root ܩ ܒ ܪ related to burying; compare Akkadian 𒀍 (qabrum, “grave”), Arabic قَبْر (qabr, “grave”), Hebrew קֶבֶר (qéḇer, “grave”), Ge'ez ቀበረ (ḳäbärä, “to bury”).
- heap, pileFrom the root ܩ ܒ ܪ related to burying.
- burial, buryingFrom the root ܩ ܒ ܪ related to burying.
- burying, burial, funeralFrom the root ܩ ܒ ܪ related to burying. Compare Hebrew קְבוּרָה (qəḇûrâ).
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 4 lemmas- to bury, tombCompare Arabic قَبَرَ (qabara), Hebrew קָבַר (kavár).
- burial, buryingOf the noun pattern 12ū3ā; inherited from Aramaic [Term?].
▸ 1 derivation
- derivedܒܹܝܬ݂ ܩܒ݂ܘܼܪܹ̈ܐbēṯ qḇūrē
- gravedigger, sextonActive noun of ܩܵܒ݂ܹܪ (qāḇēr, “to bury”).
- tomb, sepulcher/sepulchreCompare Akkadian 𒀍 (qabrum, “grave”), Arabic قَبْر (qabr, “grave”), Hebrew קֶבֶר (kéver, “grave”).
▸ 3 derivations
- derivedܩܒ݂ܘܼܪܵܐqḇūrā
- derivedܩܲܒ݂ܪܘܿܢܵܐqaḇrōnā
- derivedܒܹܝܬ݂ ܩܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐbēṯ qaḇrē
Hebrew
he · 7 lemmas- grave, gravesiteCognate with Classical Syriac ܩܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (qaḇrā, “grave”) and Arabic قَبْر (qabr, “grave”).
- to be buried, interred
- biceps: upper arm muscles
- to bury, to interCognate with Arabic قَبَرَ (qabara, “to bury”) and Ge'ez ቀበረ (ḳäbärä, “to bury”).
- burialCognate with Arabic قبر and its root ق ب ر.
- cobra
- Cabernet Sauvignon (a variety of red grape used principally in wine-making)
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- to bury, to entombCompare Hebrew קָבַר (qāḇar) and Ge'ez ቀበረ (ḳäbärä, “to bury”).
▸ 1 derivation
- relatedمقبرةmaqbara, maqbura
- verbal noun of قَبَرَ (qabara) (form I)From Proto-Semitic *qabr-. Compare Akkadian 𒀍 (qabrum, “grave”), Classical Syriac ܩܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (qaḇrāʾ), Hebrew קֶבֶר (qéḇer), Phoenician 𐤒𐤁𐤓 (qbr) and Ugaritic 𐎖𐎁𐎗 (qbr).
- to provide for burial, to have buried
- alternative form of قُبَّر (qubbar, “lark”)
- lark (bird)From قَبَرَ (qabara, “to inearth”); larks are small ground-dwelling songbirds that typically feed by digging up grub.
Ge'ez
gez · 3 lemmas- to buryFrom the root ቀ-በ-ረ (k-b-r). Compare Hebrew קָבַר (“to bury”), Classical Syriac ܩܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (qaḇrāʾ, “grave”) and Arabic قَبْر (qabr, “grave”), قَبَرَ (qabara, “to bury”).
- to become black, dark, or foggy
- blackness, darkness
▸ 1 derivation
- relatedቆበረḳobärä