Kaaba

See also: kʼaabaʼ

English
The Kaaba

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic كَعْبَة‎ (kaʿba, “cube”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑːəbə/

Proper noun

the Kaaba

  1. (Islam) The small and nearly cubical stone building in Mecca, holiest place of Islam, and also holy to pre-Islamic Arabian religions.

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Estonian

Proper noun

Kaaba

  1. (Islam) Kaaba

Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic كَعْبَة‎ (kaʿba).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑːbɑ/, [ˈkɑːbɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːbɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Kaa‧ba

Proper noun

Kaaba

  1. (Islam) Kaaba

Declension
Inflection of Kaaba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Kaaba —
genitive Kaaban —
partitive Kaabaa —
illative Kaabaan —
singular plural
nominative Kaaba —
accusative nom. Kaaba —
gen. Kaaban
genitive Kaaban —
partitive Kaabaa —
inessive Kaabassa —
elative Kaabasta —
illative Kaabaan —
adessive Kaaballa —
ablative Kaabalta —
allative Kaaballe —
essive Kaabana —
translative Kaabaksi —
instructive — —
abessive Kaabatta —
comitative — —
Possessive forms of Kaaba (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person Kaabani Kaabamme
2nd person Kaabasi Kaabanne
3rd person Kaabansa

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَعْبَة‎ (kaʿba).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʔabaː/
  • Hyphenation: Ka‧a‧ba
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Kaaba f (genitive Kaaba, no plural)

  1. Kaaba (cubical stone building in Mecca)

Declension
Declension of Kaaba [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Kaaba
genitive einer der Kaaba
dative einer der Kaaba
accusative eine die Kaaba

Further reading
  • “Kaaba” in Duden online
  • “Kaaba” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Kaaba f

  1. Kaaba (cubical stone building in Mecca)

Spanish

Proper noun

Kaaba f

  1. Kaaba (cubical stone building in Mecca)
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