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Also written قبض: قَبَضَ (to seize)
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قَبْض in English
Noun · masculine
Verbal noun of قَبَضَ (to seize): the act or idea of the verb.
- taking possession, possession
- confiscation
- constipation
- receipt of a sum
- suppression of the fifth letter of a foot when it is quiescent
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 →
to seize, to take, to grab; to take hold of, to take possession of; to hold
to contract, to constrict; to give into (someone's) possession; to pay (a price)
to give a handle; to enable to take possession of goods
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
to wince, to contract, to shrink; to abstain
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