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غصبه

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of taking something by force or unjustly. It extends to compelling someone to do something against their will and also to the process of removing hair and fuzz from animal hides.

Derived headwords

غَصَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to seize unjustlyboth

    To take something from someone by force or unlawfully, without right.

  2. 2.
    to compelboth

    To force or coerce someone to do something against their will.

  3. 3.
    to strip hideclassical

    To remove hair and fuzz from a hide by plucking and scraping, without putrefaction in tanning or working in moisture.

اغْتَصَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to seize unjustlyboth

    An intensive form of 'ghasaba', meaning to seize something by force or unlawfully.

  2. 2.
    to rapemodern

    To force someone into sexual intercourse against their will.

اغْتِصَابnoun
  1. 1.
    unjust seizureboth

    The act of seizing something by force or unlawfully.

  2. 2.
    rapemodern

    The act of sexual assault.

مُغْتَصِبnoun
  1. 1.
    usurperboth

    One who seizes something by force or unlawfully.

  2. 2.
    rapistmodern

    One who commits rape.

مُغْتَصَبnoun
  1. 1.
    unjustly seizedboth

    That which has been seized by force or unlawfully.

  2. 2.
    rapedmodern

    Subjected to rape.

غاصِبnoun
  1. 1.
    usurperboth

    One who seizes something by force or unlawfully.

مَغْصُوبnoun
  1. 1.
    unjustly seizedboth

    That which has been seized by force or unlawfully.

Parallel reading

غصبه: أخذه ظلما
He seized it unjustly: he took it unlawfully.
كاغتصبه
Like his seizing it unjustly.
وفلانا على الشيء: قهره
And he compelled so-and-so to do a thing: he forced him.
والجلد: أزال عنه شعره ووبره نتفا وقشرا
And the hide: he removed its hair and fuzz by plucking and scraping.
بلا عطن في دباغ
Without putrefaction in tanning.
ولا إعمال في ندى
Nor working in moisture.