قبض

See also: ق ب ض

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ب ض (q-b-ḍ)

Compare Hebrew קבץ (to collect, to gather).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.ba.dˤa/
  • (file)

Verb

قَبَضَ • (qabaḍa) I, non-past يَقْبِضُ‎ (yaqbiḍu)

  1. to seize, to take, to grab
  2. to take hold of, to take possession of
  3. to hold
  4. to arrest
  5. to receive, to collect
  6. to collect, to gather
    Synonym: جَمَعَ (jamaʕa)
  7. to contract, to constrict
  8. to constipate
  9. to oppress, to deject, to dishearten
Conjugation
Antonyms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qab.ba.dˤa/

Verb

قَبَّضَ • (qabbaḍa) II, non-past يُقَبِّضُ‎ (yuqabbiḍu)

  1. to contract, to constrict
  2. to give into (someone's) possession
  3. to pay (a price)
Conjugation

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qabdˤ/

Noun

قَبْض • (qabḍ) m

  1. verbal noun of قَبَضَ (qabaḍa) (form I)
  2. taking possession, possession
  3. confiscation
  4. constipation
  5. receipt of a sum
  6. (poetry) suppression of the fifth letter of a foot when it is quiescent
Declension
Descendants
  • Amharic: ቀብድ (ḳäbd)
  • Azerbaijani: qəbz
  • Persian: قبض
  • Ottoman Turkish: قبض (kabız)
  • Swahili: kabidhi
  • Uzbek: qabz

References

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ب ض
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَبَضَ (qabaḍa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.badˤ/

Verb

قَبَض • (gabaḍ) I (non-past يِقْبُض (yigbuḍ))

  1. to arrest
    Synonym: مِسِك (misik)
  2. to seize, to take, to grab
  3. to take hold of, to take possession of
  4. to hold
Conjugation
    Conjugation of قبض (gabaḍ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قبضت (gabaḍt) قبضت (gabaḍt) قبض (gabaḍ) قبضنا (gabaḍna) قبضتوا (gabaḍtu) قبضوا (gabaḍu)
f قبضتي (gabaḍti) قبضت (gabaḍat)
non-past m أقبض (ʔagbuḍ) تقبض (tigbuḍ) يقبض (yigbuḍ) نقبض (nigbuḍ) تقبضوا (tigbuḍu) يقبضوا (yigbuḍu)
f تقبضي (tigbuḍi) تقبض (tigbuḍ)
imperative m اقبض (agbuḍ) اقبضوا (agbuḍu)
f اقبضي (agbuḍi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَبَّضَ (qabbaḍa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡab.badˤ/

Verb

قبض • (gabbaḍ) II (non-past يِقَبِّض (yigabbiḍ))

  1. (rare) to pay (a price)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of قبض (gabbaḍ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قبضت (gabbaḍt) قبضت (gabbaḍt) قبض (gabbaḍ) قبضنا (gabbaḍna) قبضتوا (gabbaḍtu) قبضوا (gabbaḍu)
f قبضتي (gabbaḍti) قبضت (gabbaḍat)
non-past m أقبض (ʔagabbiḍ) تقبض (tigabbiḍ) يقبض (yigabbiḍ) نقبض (nigabbiḍ) تقبضوا (tigabbiḍu) يقبضوا (yigabbiḍu)
f تقبضي (tigabbiḍi) تقبض (tigabbiḍ)
imperative m قبض (gabbiḍ) قبضوا (gabbiḍu)
f قبضي (gabbiḍi)

Etymology 3

From Arabic قَبْض (qabḍ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡabdˤ/

Noun

قبض • (gabḍ) m

  1. taking possession, possession
  2. confiscation

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَبْض (qabḍ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? qaḇz
Dari reading? qabz
Iranian reading? ğabz
Tajik reading? qabz

Noun

قبض • (qabz)

  1. bill, receipt
  2. (medicine) constipation
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 52—53:
      از قضا سرکنگبین صفرا فزود
      روغن بادام خشکی می‌‌نمود
      از هلیله قبض شد اطلاق رفت
      آب آتش را مدد شد همچو نفت
      az qazā sirkangabin safrā fuzūd
      rōğan-i bādām xuškī mē-nimūd
      az halīla qabz šud itlāq raft
      āb ātaš rā madad šud hamčō naft
      By Divine destiny, oxymel increased the bile,
      and oil of almonds was producing dryness.
      From [giving] myrobalan constipation resulted, relaxation ceased;
      And water fed the flames, like naphtha.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  3. (archaic) seizure, taking possession of

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قَبْض (qabz), from Arabic قَبْض (qabḍ).

Pronunciation

Noun

قَبْض • (qabz) m (Hindi spelling क़ब्ज़)

  1. constipation
  2. capture, seizure

Declension

Declension of قبض
singular plural
direct قَبْض (qabz) قَبْض (qabz)
oblique قَبْض (qabz) قَبْضوں (qabzō̃)
vocative قَبْض (qabz) قَبْضو (qabzō)

References

  • قبض”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قبض”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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