# قبل
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qa.bi.la/

#### Verb

قَبِلَ • (qabila) I (non-past يَقْبَلُ (yaqbalu), verbal noun قَبُول (qabūl) or قُبُول (qubūl))
* to accept
    قَبِلَ العَرِيسُ بِفَرَحٍ طَلَبَ الزَّوَاجِ.qabila l-ʕarīsu bifaraḥin ṭalaba z-zawāji.The groom accepted the marriage proposal with joy.
* to receive kindly, to give a friendly reception
* to acquiesce, to put up with, to agree, to consent, to assent
* to admit
* to obey, to yield, to give in, to submit

##### Antonyms

* رَفَضَ (rafaḍa)

##### Descendants

* Maltese: qabel
* Malay: kabul
* Indonesian: kabul

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qab.ba.la/

#### Verb

قَبَّلَ • (qabbala) II (non-past يُقَبِّلُ (yuqabbilu), verbal noun تَقْبِيل (taqbīl))
* to kiss
    Synonym: بَاسَ (bāsa)
** a. 965, Al-Mutanabbi, ضَيْفٌ أَلَمَّ بِرَأْسِي غَيْرَ مُحْتَشِمِ (ḍayfun ʔalamma biraʔsī ḡayra muḥtašimi)‎:قَبَّلْتُهَا وَدُمُوعِي مَزْجُ أَدْمُعِهَا // وَقَبَّلَتْنِي عَلَى خَوْفٍ فَمًا لِفَمِ فَذُقْتُ مَاءَ حَيَاةٍ مِنْ مُقَبَّلِهَا // لَوْ صَابَ تُرْبًا لَأَحْيَا سَالِفَ الْأُمَمِqabbaltuhā wadumūʕī mazju ʔadmuʕihā // waqabbalatnī ʕalā ḵawfin faman lifami faḏuqtu māʔa ḥayātin min muqabbalihā // law ṣāba turban laʔaḥyā sālifa l-ʔumamiI kissed her, and my tears mixed with hers, // and she kissed me timidly, mouth to mouth. I tasted the water of life from her kiss, // which may revive the ancestors, if it hit the earth.
* to go south

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qu.bul/

#### Noun

قُبُل or قُبْل • (qubul or qubl) m
* fore, front
** 1025, ابن سينا [Avicenna], القانون في الطب [Canon Medicinae]‎:كرمدانة. الماهية: حبها يمدحه الأطباء. أعضاء النفض: تسخن القبل جداً وتسهل الماء والمرّة.Myrtle seed. What it is: Its seed is praised by the physicians. Palpitating organs: It heats the front well and releases the waters and bile.

##### Declension
### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qab.lu/

#### Adverb

قَبْلُ • (qablu)
* previously, formerly, earlier, before
    Antonym: بَعْدُ (baʕdu)

##### Derived terms

* مِنْ قَبْلُ (min qablu)

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qab.la/

#### Preposition

قَبْلَ • (qabla)
* before; prior to
    رَأَْيْتُهُ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِيَوْمَيْنِ.raʔaytuhu qabla mawtihi biyawmayni.I saw him two days before his death.
* ago
    رَأَْيْتُهُ قَبْلَ يَوْمَيْنِ.raʔaytuhu qabla yawmayni.I saw him two days ago.

##### Derived terms

* مِنْ قَبْلِ (min qabli, “before”)
* قُبَيْلَ (qubayla, “shortly before”)
* قَبْلَئِذٍ (qablaʔiḏin, “before that”)
* قَبْلَذَاكَ (qablaḏāka, “before that”)
* قَبْلًا (qablan, “previously”)
* قَبْلَمَا (qablamā, “before”)

##### Descendants

* Maltese: qabel
* → Swahili: kabla

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qi.bal/

#### Noun

قِبَل • (qibal) m
* power, ability

##### Declension
### Etymology 7
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qi.ba.la/

#### Preposition

قِبَلَ • (qibala)
* in the presence of, before, near
* in the direction of, toward

##### Derived terms

* مِنْ قِبَلِ (min qibali)

### Etymology 8

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qu.bal/

#### Noun

قُبَل • (qubal) pl
* plural of قُبْلَة (qubla)

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic قَبْلَ (qabla).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa.bil/, [ɡa.bɪl]

#### Preposition

قبل • (gabil)
* before, prior to
    Antonym: بعد (baʕad)

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

From Arabic قَبِلَ (qabila).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡi.bil/, [ɡɪ.bɪl]

#### Verb

قبل • (gibil) I (non-past يقبل (yigbal), verbal noun قبول (gubūl), active participle قابل (gābil), passive participle مقبول (magbūl))
* to accept, to agree to something
    Synonym: وَافَق (wāfag)
    Antonym: رفض (rafaḍ)

##### Conjugation
## Moroccan Arabic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qbal/

### Etymology 1

From Arabic قَبْلَ (qabla).

#### Preposition

قبل • (qbal)
* before, prior to
    Antonyms: بعد (baʕd), من بعد (min baʕd)

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

From Arabic قَبِلَ (qabila).

#### Verb

قبل • (qbal) I (non-past يقبل (yiqbal), verbal noun قبول (qbūl), active participle قابل (qābil), passive participle مقبول (maqbūl))
* to accept, to agree to something
    Antonym: رفض (rfaḍ)
    ضنيت بلي ما كانتش قابلة بهاد الاتفاق.ḍannīt billi ma kānitši qābla b-hād l-ittifāq.I thought she didn't accept this agreement.
    طلبته وما قبل يشد الصرف.ṭlabtu w-ma qbal yšudd eṣ-ṣarfHe didn't accept to take the change after asking him to.

##### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَبْل (qabl).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [qaβl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qäbl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qäbl]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [qäbl]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [qäbl̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [qæbl̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [qäbl]

### Adjective

قبل • (qabl)
* before, prior to

#### Related terms

* قَبْلاً (qablan)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic قَبْلَ (qabla).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Urban) /ʔabl/, [ˈʔa.b(ɪ)l]
* IPA: (Bedouin) /ɡabl/, [ˈɡa.b(ɪ)l]
* Audio (Amman):(file)

#### Preposition

قبل • (ʔabl)
* before, prior to
    Antonym: بعد (baʕd)

### Etymology 2

From Arabic قَبِلَ (qabila).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Urban) /ʔi.bil/, [ˈʔi.bɪl]
* IPA: (Bedouin) /ɡi.bil/, [ˈɡi.bɪl]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

قبل • (ʔibil) I (present بقبل (biʔbal), active participle قابل (ʔābel))
* to accept, to agree to something
    Antonym: رفض (rafaḍ)
    هو مش قابل ييجي معي.huwwe miš ʔābel yīji maʕi.He's refusing to come with me.(literally, “He's not agreeing to come with me.”)
    ما قبلوني للوظيفة. ― mā ʔiblūni la-l-waẓīfe. ― They didn't accept me for the job.

##### Conjugation
## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قبل (qabl), from Arabic قَبْل (qabl).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /qəbl/

### Adverb

قَبْل • (qabl) (Hindi spelling क़ब्ल)
* previous, before, ago

### References

* “قبل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “قبل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.