قُرَيْبَى

[diminutive of قُرْبَى]. دُونَ كُلِّ قُرَيْبَى قُرْبَى [There is a relationship nearer than every relationship small in degree] is a prov. applied to him who asks of thee something wanted which one more nearly related to thee than he has asked of thee. (Meyd. [See another prov., apparently similar in meaning and application, voce دَنِىٌّ, in article دنو.])