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مَقْبِض
handle /ˈmaqbɪdˤ/
nounB2#4237 most common
Also: grip, knob
Example sentences
مَقْبِضُ البَابِ مَكْسُورٌ.
The door handle is broken.
أَمْسَكْتُ بِمَقْبِضِ الشَّنْطَةِ وَحَمَلْتُهَا.
I grabbed the suitcase handle and carried it.
يَجِبُ تَنْظِيفُ مَقْبِضِ السِّكِّينِ بَعْدَ كُلِّ اسْتِخْدَامٍ.
The knife handle must be cleaned after every use.
صَمَّمَ المُهَنْدِسُ مَقْبِضًا مُرِيحًا لِلْبَابِ يُنَاسِبُ جَمِيعَ الْأَعْمَارِ.
The engineer designed a comfortable door handle suitable for all ages.
انْكَسَرَ مَقْبِضُ السَّيَّارَةِ فَاضْطُرَّ السَّائِقُ إِلَى فَتْحِ البَابِ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ.
The car door handle broke, so the driver had to open the door from inside.
تَتَفَاوَتُ مَقَابِضُ الْأَبْوَابِ فِي الْعِمَارَاتِ الْقَدِيمَةِ مِنْ حَيْثُ التَّصْمِيمِ وَالْمَادَّةِ الْمُسْتَخْدَمَةِ فِي صُنْعِهَا.
Door handles in old buildings vary in design and in the material used to make them.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَقْبِضٌ | مَقَابِضُ |
| Genitive | مَقْبِضٍ | مَقَابِضَ |
| Accusative | مَقْبِضًا | مَقَابِضَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَقْبِضُ | يَا مَقَابِضُ |
Word family
قَبَضَto grip, seize, arrest
قَبْضgripping, seizure, arrestقَبْضَةfist, grip, handfulقَابِضgripping; astringent; one who arrests
مَقْبُوضseized, arrested, received
Etymology
مَقْبِض comes from the Arabic root ق ب ض (q-b-ḍ), whose verb قَبَضَ means to grip, seize, or take hold of something. The prefix م turns the root into a noun of instrument or place, so مَقْبِض literally names the thing built for gripping. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no link to Indo-European roots.
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