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كَسَب
to earn /kaˈsaba/
verbB1#2335 most common
Also: to gain, to acquire, to win
Example sentences
هو يَكْسِبُ مالاً.
He earns money.
كَسَبْتُ الكثير من المال هذا الشهر.
I earned a lot of money this month.
كَسَبَ الفريقُ المباراةَ بسهولة.
The team won the match easily.
تَكْسِبُ الشركةُ ثقةَ عملائها من خلال الجودة.
The company earns its customers' trust through quality.
مَن يَسْعَى لِيَكْسِبَ رضا الناس جميعًا لا يَكْسِبُ شيئًا في النهاية.
Whoever seeks to earn everyone's approval ends up earning nothing.
كَسَبَ الكاتبُ احترامَ النقاد رغم قلة إنتاجه الأدبي.
The writer earned the critics' respect despite his limited literary output.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَكْسِبُ | كَسَبْتُ | سَأَكْسِبُ |
| 2sg | تَكْسِبُ | كَسَبْتَ | سَتَكْسِبُ |
| 3sg | يَكْسِبُ | كَسَبَ | سَيَكْسِبُ |
| 1pl | نَكْسِبُ | كَسَبْنَا | سَنَكْسِبُ |
| 2pl | تَكْسِبُونَ | كَسَبْتُمْ | سَتَكْسِبُونَ |
| 3pl | يَكْسِبُونَ | كَسَبُوا | سَيَكْسِبُونَ |
Word family
كَسْب (kasb)earning, gain
كاسِب (kāsib)earner, breadwinner
مَكْسَب (maksab)gain, profit, advantage
اكْتَسَبَ (iktasaba)to acquire, attain
مُكْتَسَبات (muktasabāt)acquired gains, rights won
Etymology
Kasaba comes from the triliteral Semitic root k-s-b, which carries the core sense of earning, gaining, or acquiring through effort. The root is native to Arabic and shows up across the Quran and everyday speech to describe both material earnings and the moral weight of one's deeds. It is not a borrowing from another language family.
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