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غصب

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of taking something unjustly or by force. It encompasses the act of seizing, usurping, and the state of being seized or usurped.

Derived headwords

غَصَبَverb
  1. 1.
    taking something unjustlyboth

    taking something unjustly

  2. 2.
    the thing taken by forceboth

    the thing taken by force

اغْتَصَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to usurpboth

    To seize and hold something, especially a position or power, by force or without right. It is synonymous with 'ghasaba'.

اغْتِصَابnoun
  1. 1.
    the same (as غصب)both

    the same (as غصب)

غَصْبnoun
  1. 1.
    taking something unjustlyboth

    taking something unjustly

  2. 2.
    the thing taken by forceboth

    the thing taken by force

غَصْبnoun
  1. 1.
    taking something unjustlyboth

    taking something unjustly

  2. 2.
    the thing taken by forceboth

    the thing taken by force

مَغْصُوبadjective
  1. 1.
    the thing taken by forceboth

    the thing taken by force

مَغْصُوبnoun
  1. 1.
    the thing taken by forceboth

    the thing taken by force

Parallel reading

أخذ الشى ظلما
Taking something unjustly.
غصبه منه
He seized it from him unjustly.
غصبه عليه
He seized it against him unjustly.
بمعنى
Meaning the same.
والاغتصاب مثله
And 'al-ightisab' is like it.
والشئ غصب
And the thing is seized unjustly.
ومغصوب
And [it is] seized unjustly.