قُرْبِ closeness in Arabic
قُرْبِ is how you say “closeness” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وَيُقَاسُ عَلَى قُرْبِ الْوَالِدَيْنِ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ
And it is compared to the closeness of the parents to the child.
قرب closeness
An abstract noun that opens a possessive chain — 'the closeness of ...' — by sitting directly before its owner with no word for 'of'. As the first, owned link it drops any 'the' of its own and takes its definiteness from what follows. It is also the object of the preposition before it.
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More example sentences
وَتَفْرَحُ بِعَافِيَتِكَ غَافِلًا عَنْ قُرْبِ الْأَلَمِ
And you rejoice in your well-being, heedless of the approaching pain!
قُرْبِ the nearness of
A noun naming the action of nearing, carrying the 'of...' ending because the preposition before it governs it. It heads a possessive pairing with the next word, so the two read 'the nearness of pain'. The point is how close the pain is, though ignored.