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قَبَض
to grasp, to seize /ˈqa.ba.dˤa/
verbB1#1446 most common
Also: to arrest, to apprehend, to receive or collect (money), to contract, to clench
Example sentences
قَبَضَ الوَلَدُ الكُرَةَ.
The boy grabbed the ball.
قَبَضْتُ راتِبي اليَوْمَ.
I collected my salary today.
قَبَضَتِ الشُّرْطَةُ عَلى اللِّصِّ أمامَ المَتْجَرِ.
The police arrested the thief in front of the shop.
قَبَضَ على يَدِها بِقُوَّةٍ قَبْلَ أنْ تَقَعَ.
He grasped her hand firmly before she could fall.
لَمْ يَقْبِضِ المُوَظَّفُ مُستَحَقّاتِهِ إلّا بَعْدَ شَهْرَيْنِ مِنَ التَّأخيرِ.
The employee did not collect his dues until two months of delay.
في تِلكَ اللَّيلَةِ البارِدَةِ، قَبَضَ المَوتُ رُوحَهُ دونَ أنْ يَشعُرَ بِهِ أحَدٌ.
On that cold night, death took his soul without anyone noticing.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَقْبِض | قَبَضْتُ | سَأَقْبِض |
| 2sg | تَقْبِض | قَبَضْتَ | سَتَقْبِض |
| 3sg | يَقْبِض | قَبَضَ | سَيَقْبِض |
| 1pl | نَقْبِض | قَبَضْنا | سَنَقْبِض |
| 2pl | تَقْبِضونَ | قَبَضْتُمْ | سَتَقْبِضونَ |
| 3pl | يَقْبِضونَ | قَبَضوا | سَيَقْبِضونَ |
Word family
قَبْضseizure, arrest, receiptقَبْضَةfist, grip, handleمَقْبِضhandle, grip
انْقَبَضَto contract, to shrink, to feel depressed
مَقْبوضseized, received; downhearted
Etymology
Arabic قَبَضَ comes from the Semitic root q-b-ḍ, built on the idea of closing the hand on something. The meaning runs from a physical grip to seizing, arresting, and collecting money. Cognate forms in other Semitic languages carry the related sense of gathering and grasping.
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