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قَضِيب
rod /qaˈdˤiːb/
nounA2#1232 most common
Also: stick, wand, bar, rail, penis (formal/anatomical)
Example sentences
هٰذا قَضِيبٌ طَوِيلٌ.
This is a long rod.
أَخَذَ الوَلَدُ قَضِيبًا مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ.
The boy took a stick from the tree.
يَسْتَخْدِمُ السّاحِرُ قَضِيبًا سِحْرِيًّا فِي عَرْضِهِ.
The magician uses a magic wand in his show.
صَنَعَ الحَدّادُ قَضِيبًا مِنَ الحَدِيدِ لِيُدَعِّمَ البابَ.
The blacksmith made an iron rod to reinforce the door.
وَقَفَ السَّجِينُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى الحُرِّيَّةِ مِنْ خَلْفِ القُضْبانِ.
The prisoner stood looking at freedom from behind the bars.
يَتَمَدَّدُ قَضِيبُ الحَدِيدِ عِنْدَ ارْتِفاعِ الحَرارَةِ، لِذٰلِكَ يَتْرُكُ المُهَنْدِسُونَ فَواصِلَ بَيْنَ القُضْبانِ.
An iron rod expands when the temperature rises, so engineers leave gaps between the rails.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قَضِيبٌ | قُضْبانٌ |
| Genitive | قَضِيبٍ | قُضْبانٍ |
| Accusative | قَضِيبًا | قُضْبانًا |
| Vocative | يا قَضِيبُ | يا قُضْبانُ |
Word family
قَضَبَto cut, prune, lop off
قُضْبانbars, rails (plural)
قَضْبalfalfa, freshly cut fodder; the act of cutting
مِقْضَبpruning hook, billhook
Etymology
قَضِيب comes from the Semitic root ق-ض-ب, meaning to cut, prune, or lop off. It follows the faʿīl pattern, so its base sense is a cut branch: a rod, stick, or wand. From there the word extended to any slender bar, including a metal rod and a railway rail. The plural قُضْبان is the usual word for prison bars.
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