قَسْم
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Also written قسم: قِسْم (division) · قَسَّمَ (to divide)
Highlights
Present tense
يَقْسِمُ
Verbal noun
قَسْم
Active participle
قَاسِم
Passive participle
مَقْسُوم
Most common words from the same root
قَسَمَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to divide
الْأُسْتَاذُ يَقْسِمُ الْفَصْلَ إِلَى مَجْمُوعَاتٍ صَغِيرَةٍ لِلْمُنَاقَشَةِ.The teacher divides the class into small groups for discussion.
- to distribute
- to determine according to weight and measure
- to transact a business with justice and fairness
- to disperse transitive
Words from the root ق-س-م
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قَسَمَ
· present يَقْسِمُ
Form I · The plain action
to divide; to distribute; to determine according to weight and measure
قَاسِم
divider
مَقْسُوم
divided
مَقْسُوم
dividend
قِسْمَة
dividing
قَسَمَة
facial feature
قَسَّمَ
· present يُقَسِّمُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to divide; to distribute
تَقْسِيم
division
مُقَسِّم
مُقَسَّم
divided
مُقَسَّم
plot of land
تَقَاسَمَ
· present يَتَقَاسَمُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to share, to divvy up
تَقَاسُم
مُتَقَاسِم
مُتَقَاسَم
اِنْقَسَمَ
· present يَنْقَسِمُ
Form VII · Passive or resultative
to become split, divided, fragmented, distributed, dispersed, parted, portioned or broken up
اِنْقِسَام
division
مُنْقَسِم
divided
اِقْتَسَمَ
· present يَقْتَسِمُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to divide or distribute among themselves
اِقْتِسَام
مُقْتَسِم
مُقْتَسَم
قَسَمَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | قَسَمْتُ | أَقْسِمُ | أَقْسِمَ | أَقْسِمْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | قَسَمْتَ | تَقْسِمُ | تَقْسِمَ | تَقْسِمْ | اِقْسِمْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | قَسَمْتِ | تَقْسِمِينَ | تَقْسِمِي | تَقْسِمِي | اِقْسِمِي |
| هُوَ he | قَسَمَ | يَقْسِمُ | يَقْسِمَ | يَقْسِمْ | — |
| هِيَ she | قَسَمَتْ | تَقْسِمُ | تَقْسِمَ | تَقْسِمْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | قَسَمْتُمَا | تَقْسِمَانِ | تَقْسِمَا | تَقْسِمَا | اِقْسِمَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | قَسَمَا | يَقْسِمَانِ | يَقْسِمَا | يَقْسِمَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | قَسَمَتَا | تَقْسِمَانِ | تَقْسِمَا | تَقْسِمَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | قَسَمْنَا | نَقْسِمُ | نَقْسِمَ | نَقْسِمْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | قَسَمْتُمْ | تَقْسِمُونَ | تَقْسِمُوا | تَقْسِمُوا | اِقْسِمُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | قَسَمْتُنَّ | تَقْسِمْنَ | تَقْسِمْنَ | تَقْسِمْنَ | اِقْسِمْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | قَسَمُوا | يَقْسِمُونَ | يَقْسِمُوا | يَقْسِمُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | قَسَمْنَ | يَقْسِمْنَ | يَقْسِمْنَ | يَقْسِمْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | قَسْم |
|---|---|
| Active participle | قَاسِم |
| Passive participle | مَقْسُوم |
قَسَمَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to divide
الْأُسْتَاذُ يَقْسِمُ الْفَصْلَ إِلَى مَجْمُوعَاتٍ صَغِيرَةٍ لِلْمُنَاقَشَةِ.The teacher divides the class into small groups for discussion.
From a fully vowelled text
فَقَالَ أَصْغَرُهُمَا لأَبِيهِ: يَا أَبِي أَعْطِنِي الْقِسْمَ الَّذِي يُصِيبُنِي مِنَ الْمَالِ. فَقَسَمَ لَهُمَا مَعِيشَتَهُ.And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.Luke 15:12, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَخَافَ يَعْقُوبُ جِدًّا وَضَاقَ بِهِ الأَمْرُ، فَقَسَمَ الْقَوْمَ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ وَالْغَنَمَ وَالْبَقَرَ وَالْجِمَالَ إِلَى جَيْشَيْنِ.Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;Genesis 32:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَرَفَعَ يَعْقُوبُ عَيْنَيْهِ وَنَظَرَ وَإِذَا عِيسُو مُقْبِلٌ وَمَعَهُ أَرْبَعُ مِئَةِ رَجُل، فَقَسَمَ الأَوْلاَدَ عَلَى لَيْئَةَ وَعَلَى رَاحِيلَ وَعَلَى الْجَارِيَتَيْنِ.And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.Genesis 33:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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