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قَبَّض
to pay someone, handing money over so that they take possession of it /qabˈbɑdˤɑ/
verbB2#4375 most common
Also: to hand over (money) to someone, to make (someone) take possession of something, (colloquial) to get paid
Example sentences
قَبَّضَنِي صَاحِبُ العَمَلِ اليَوْمَ.
My boss paid me today.
قَبَّضَ التَّاجِرُ العَامِلَ أُجْرَتَهُ.
The merchant paid the worker his wages.
سَأُقَبِّضُكَ رَاتِبَكَ فَوْرَ انْتِهَاءِ الِاجْتِمَاعِ.
I will pay you your salary right after the meeting ends.
قَبَّضَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ المُوَظَّفِينَ رَوَاتِبَهُمْ قَبْلَ العِيدِ.
The company paid the employees their salaries before the holiday.
لَمْ يَتَرَدَّدِ المُدِيرُ فِي أَنْ يُقَبِّضَ العُمَّالَ مُسْتَحَقَّاتِهِمْ رَغْمَ الأَزْمَةِ المَالِيَّةِ.
The manager did not hesitate to pay the workers their dues despite the financial crisis.
كَانَ العُرْفُ التِّجَارِيُّ فِي تِلْكَ الحِقْبَةِ يَقْتَضِي أَنْ يُقَبِّضَ التُّجَّارُ مُوَرِّدِيهِمْ ثَمَنَ البِضَاعَةِ نَقْدًا لَا بِالشِّيكَاتِ.
Commercial custom in that era required merchants to pay their suppliers the price of goods in cash, not by check.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُقَبِّضُ | قَبَّضْتُ | سَأُقَبِّضُ |
| 2sg | تُقَبِّضُ | قَبَّضْتَ | سَتُقَبِّضُ |
| 3sg | يُقَبِّضُ | قَبَّضَ | سَيُقَبِّضُ |
| 1pl | نُقَبِّضُ | قَبَّضْنَا | سَنُقَبِّضُ |
| 2pl | تُقَبِّضُونَ | قَبَّضْتُمْ | سَتُقَبِّضُونَ |
| 3pl | يُقَبِّضُونَ | قَبَّضُوا | سَيُقَبِّضُونَ |
Word family
قَبَضَto seize, grasp, receive (money)
قَبْضseizure, grip, receiptقُبْضَةfist, handful
قَابِضgripping; astringent
انْقِبَاضcontraction; low mood
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root q-b-ḍ, whose core sense is to grip, seize, or close the hand around something. The base verb قَبَضَ means to grasp or to receive money. The doubled middle letter in قَبَّضَ marks the causative Form II pattern, so the meaning shifts from someone grasping to someone making another party take hold of, in practice handing money over to them.
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