# كلب
## Algerian Arabic
### Etymology

Inherited from Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

### Noun

كلب (kelb)
* dog

## Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *kalb-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒌨𒂠 (kalbum) and Biblical Hebrew כֶּלֶב (kɛ́lɛḇ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kalb/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

كَلْب • (kalb) m (plural كِلَاب (kilāb))
* dog

##### Related terms

* كَلْبَة (kalba, “female dog”)
* كَلْبِيّ (kalbiyy, “canine”)

##### Descendants

* Gulf Arabic: چَلْب (/t͡ʃəlb/), جَلْب (čalb)
* Hijazi Arabic: كلب (kalb)
* Maltese: kelb
* Moroccan Arabic: كلب (kalb)
* → Gujarati: કલ્બ (kalb)
* → Ottoman Turkish: كلب (kelp)
* → Russian: калби́т (kalbít)
* → Swahili: kelbu

### Etymology 2

Likely denominal to كَلَب (kalab, “rabies”) or directly to كَلْب (kalb, “dog”).

#### Verb

كَلِبَ • (kaliba) I (non-past يَكْلَبُ (yaklabu), verbal noun كَلَب (kalab))
* to be seized by hydrophobia, to become rabid
* to become mad, to become crazy
* to covet greedily [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘something’]

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

Likely derived from كَلْب (kalb, “dog”).

#### Noun

كَلَب • (kalab) m
* verbal noun of كَلِبَ (kaliba) (form I)
* rabies, hydrophobia
    دَاء الْكَلَب ― dāʔ al-kalab ― rabies, hydrophobia
* burning thirst
* greed

##### Declension
#### Adjective

كَلِب • (kalib)
* rabid, affected with rabies
* mad
* greedy

##### Declension
### References

* Freytag, Georg (1837) “كلب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 51–52
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “كلب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 979

## Chadian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

### Noun

كلب • (kalib) m (plural كلاب (kulāb), feminine كلبة (kalbe))
* dog

### References

* Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎ (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 73

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kalb/

### Noun

كلب • (kalb) m (plural كلاب (kilāb), feminine كلبة (kalba))
* dog

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kalb/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

كلب • (kalb) m (plural كلاب (klāb), feminine كلبة (kalba), diminutive كليب (kliyyab))
* dog

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɛlp]

#### Noun

كلب • (kelb) (plural كلاب (kilâb), feminine كلبت (kelbet))
* dog
    Synonyms: كوپك (köpek), ایت (it)
** a. 1636, Nefʿī
    طاهر افندی بڭا كلب دیمش التفاتی بو سوزده ظاهردر مالكی مذهبم بنم زیرا اعتقادمجه كلب طاهردر.Tahir Efendi baña kelb demiş İltifatı bu sözde zahirdir Maliki mezhebim benim zira İʼtikadımca kelb tahirdirMr. Ṭāhir has called me a dog This is an apparent compliment For my school of law is the Mālikīy According to my belief the dog is clean.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic كَلَب (kalab).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɛlɛp]

#### Noun

كلب • (keleb)
* rabies, hydrophobia
* ferocity, virulence

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian کلاف (kalâf), کلابه (kalâbe), کلاوه (kalâve, “clew”).

#### Alternative forms

* كلبه (kelebe), كلوه (keleve), كلابه (kelabe)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɛlɛp]

#### Noun

كلب • (keleb)
* clew, ball of yarn
    Synonyms: یوماق (yumak), گلوله (gulule)
* weasel, reel
    Synonym: آرشین (arşın)

##### Derived terms

* كلبجك (kelebcik, diminutive)
* كلبچه (kelebçe, “a pair of handcuffs”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: kelep, kelebe, kelefe
* → Bulgarian: келе́п (kelép), киле́п (kilép), ке́лево (kélevo), ке́ляво (kéljavo), ке́лева (kéleva)
* → Romanian: căleap, călep

### References

* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كلب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3904
* Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “كلب”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 756

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kalb/, [kalb]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

كلب • (kalb) m (plural كلاب (klāb), feminine كلبة (kalbe))
* dog