قبض

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ق ب ض (q-b-ḍ)

Compare Hebrew קבץ (to collect, to gather).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /qa.ba.dˤa/
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

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[edit]
Antonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

قَبْض (qabḍm

  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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Amharic: ቀብድ (ḳäbd)
  • Azerbaijani: qəbz
  • Persian: قبض
  • Ottoman Turkish: قبض (kabız)
  • Swahili: kabidhi
  • Uzbek: qabz

References[edit]

Hijazi Arabic[edit]

Root
ق ب ض
1 term

Etymology 1[edit]

From Arabic قَبَضَ (qabaḍa).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]
    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[edit]

From Arabic قَبَّضَ (qabbaḍa).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (rare) to pay (a price)
Conjugation[edit]
    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[edit]

From Arabic قَبْض (qabḍ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

قبض (gabḍm

  1. taking possession, possession
  2. confiscation

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic قَبْض (qabḍ).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

قَبْض (qabzm (Hindi spelling क़ब्ज़)

  1. constipation
  2. capture, seizure

Declension[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • 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.