قُلُوب hearts in Arabic
قُلُوب is how you say “hearts” in Arabic.
Root ق ل ب q-l-b. noun (broken plural of qalb, "heart"). qulūb.
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Meaning of hearts in Arabic
- hearts Broken plural of qalb (heart); qulūb is the standard plural form used in running text.
Example sentence
من عظم وقار الله فِي قلبه أَن يعصيه، وقّره الله فِي قُلُوب الْخلق أَن يذلّوه
Whoever holds Allah's reverence so great in his heart that it prevents him from disobeying Him, Allah will place such reverence in the hearts of people that they will not humiliate him.
قُلُوبِ hearts
qulub means 'hearts' (plural of qalb), heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word; the noun after 'fi'.
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How it is used
Qulūb is the everyday broken plural of qalb, "heart"; the root q-l-b itself centers on turning, inverting, or changing something's state, a sense carried by the verb qalaba and its derivatives, while qalb as "heart" is one specific noun built from the same root.
Words from the same root
- قَلْبٌ heart (singular of qulūb)
- قَلَبَ to turn over, invert, alter the state of something
- قَلَّبَ to turn over repeatedly, handle and examine closely (intensive of qalaba)
- أَقْلَبَ to turn over, invert (variant of qalaba, weaker authority)
- قَلِيبٌ a dug well (from turning over the earth)
- قَلَبٌ an eversion or flabbiness of the lip
More example sentences
فإذا كثروا وثقل عليهم الحديث، قال إن الأذن مجاجة، وإن القلوب حمضة
When they became many, and the talk became burdensome on them, he said, 'Indeed, the ears become tired, and indeed, the hearts become sour.'
الْقُلُوبَ the hearts
Definite by al' and accusative -a under the grip of the 'indeed' particle, though it is the topic of its clause.
يعلم ضمائر القلوب ويسمع أصواتا،
He knows the secrets of hearts and hears all voices,
الْقُلُوبِ of the hearts
The owning half of 'secrets of hearts', in the genitive because it completes the possessive pairing. The 'the' makes the pairing definite, and the ending and order carry the 'of' with no separate word, locating the secrets within the hearts.
Common questions
- How do you say "hearts" in Arabic?
- قُلُوب (qulūb) — the plural of قَلْب (qalb), "heart."
- What is the singular of qulūb?
- The singular is qalb (قَلْب), meaning "heart."
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).