taking possession
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Also written قبض: قَبْض (taking possession)
Highlights
Most common words from the same root
Noun
قَبْضَة
fist
Noun
مَقْبَض
handle
Noun
قَبْضَة
handle
Verb · Form II
قَبَّضَ
to contract
Verb · Form IV
أَقْبَضَ
to give a handle
قَبَضَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to seize, to take, to grab
- to take hold of, to take possession of
- to hold
- to arrest, to apprehend
- to catch
كُنْتُ أَعْرِفُ سِرًّا لَا يَعْرِفُهُ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي، وَذٰلِكَ السِّرُّ مَكَّنَنِي مِنَ السَّرِقَةِ بِسُهُولَةٍ دُونَ أَنْ يَقْبِضَ عَلَيَّ أَحَدٌ.I knew a secret nobody else knew, and that secret helped me steal easily without being caught.2001, منذر يونس [Munther A. Younes], “اللص وشعاع النور [The Thief and a Ray of Light]”, in حكايات كليلة ودمنة لطلاب اللغة الغربية [Tales from Kalila Wa Dimna: F
- to receive, to collect
- to collect, to gather
- to contract, to constrict
- to constipate
- to oppress, to deject, to dishearten
Word origin
Compare Hebrew קבץ (kaváts, “to collect, to gather”).
Words from the root ق-ب-ض
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
قَبَضَ
· present يَقْبِضُ
Form I · The plain action
to seize, to take, to grab; to take hold of, to take possession of; to hold
قَابِض
depressing
قَابِض
clutch
مَقْبُوض
قَبْضَة
fist
مَقْبَض
handle
قَبْضَة
handle
قَبَّضَ
· present يُقَبِّضُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to contract, to constrict; to give into (someone's) possession; to pay (a price)
تَقْبِيض
مُقَبِّض
مُقَبَّض
أَقْبَضَ
· present يُقْبِضُ
Form IV · Causative
to give a handle; to enable to take possession of goods
إِقْبَاض
مُقْبِض
مُقْبَض
تَقَبَّضَ
· present يَتَقَبَّضُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to be made closed like a hand, to contract, to be grasped together, to be bunched, to clench, to be shut; to be constipated, to have difficulty when bearing down to defecate; to be shrunken, to be wrinkled
تَقَبُّض
مُتَقَبِّض
مُتَقَبَّض
اِنْقَبَضَ
· present يَنْقَبِضُ
Form VII · Passive or resultative
to wince, to contract, to shrink; to abstain
اِنْقِبَاض
contraction
مُنْقَبِض
قَبَضَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | قَبَضْتُ | أَقْبِضُ | أَقْبِضَ | أَقْبِضْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | قَبَضْتَ | تَقْبِضُ | تَقْبِضَ | تَقْبِضْ | اِقْبِضْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | قَبَضْتِ | تَقْبِضِينَ | تَقْبِضِي | تَقْبِضِي | اِقْبِضِي |
| هُوَ he | قَبَضَ | يَقْبِضُ | يَقْبِضَ | يَقْبِضْ | — |
| هِيَ she | قَبَضَتْ | تَقْبِضُ | تَقْبِضَ | تَقْبِضْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | قَبَضْتُمَا | تَقْبِضَانِ | تَقْبِضَا | تَقْبِضَا | اِقْبِضَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | قَبَضَا | يَقْبِضَانِ | يَقْبِضَا | يَقْبِضَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | قَبَضَتَا | تَقْبِضَانِ | تَقْبِضَا | تَقْبِضَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | قَبَضْنَا | نَقْبِضُ | نَقْبِضَ | نَقْبِضْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | قَبَضْتُمْ | تَقْبِضُونَ | تَقْبِضُوا | تَقْبِضُوا | اِقْبِضُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | قَبَضْتُنَّ | تَقْبِضْنَ | تَقْبِضْنَ | تَقْبِضْنَ | اِقْبِضْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | قَبَضُوا | يَقْبِضُونَ | يَقْبِضُوا | يَقْبِضُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | قَبَضْنَ | يَقْبِضْنَ | يَقْبِضْنَ | يَقْبِضْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | قَبْض |
|---|---|
| Active participle | قَابِض |
| Passive participle | مَقْبُوض |
قَبَضَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to catch
كُنْتُ أَعْرِفُ سِرًّا لَا يَعْرِفُهُ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي، وَذٰلِكَ السِّرُّ مَكَّنَنِي مِنَ السَّرِقَةِ بِسُهُولَةٍ دُونَ أَنْ يَقْبِضَ عَلَيَّ أَحَدٌ.I knew a secret nobody else knew, and that secret helped me steal easily without being caught.2001, منذر يونس [Munther A. Younes], “اللص وشعاع النور [The Thief and a Ray of Light]”, in حكايات كليلة ودمنة لطلاب اللغة الغربية [Tales from Kalila Wa Dimna: F
From a fully vowelled text
ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْجُنْدَ وَالْقَائِدَ وَخُدَّامَ الْيَهُودِ قَبَضُوا عَلَى يَسُوعَ وَأَوْثَقُوهُ،Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,John 18:12, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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