قبض

Root entry · 41 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of taking, holding, and contracting. It extends to notions of possession, restraint, shrinking, and even speed or death, reflecting a core idea of bringing something into a confined state.

Derived headwords

قَبَضَverb

1.
he took itboth
he took it
2.
in your possessionboth
in your possession
3.
he gathered it and folded itboth
he gathered it and folded it
4.
he diedboth
he died

قَبْضnoun

1.
he took itboth
he took it
2.
in your possessionboth
in your possession
3.
he gathered it and folded itboth
he gathered it and folded it
4.
he diedboth
he died

قَبْضَةnoun

1.
in your possessionboth
in your possession
2.
he gave it to himboth
he gave it to him

مَقْبُوضadjective

1.
deceasedclassical
One who has died.
2.
contractedboth
In a state of being contracted or drawn in.

اِنْقِبَاضnoun

1.
contractionboth
The state of being contracted or drawn in; the opposite of expansion.
2.
displeasureclassical
A feeling of aversion or displeasure.

اِنْقَبَضَverb

1.
it became contracted/heldboth
it became contracted/held

مَقْبِضnoun

1.
handleboth
The part of an object designed to be held, such as on a sword or bow.

أَقْبَضَverb

1.
to give a handleclassical
To furnish something, like a sword or knife, with a handle.

قَبَضَةٌ رَفَضَةٌadjective

1.
grasping and abandoningclassical
Describing someone who holds onto something tightly but soon lets it go.

قَبَضَadjective

1.
he took itboth
he took it
2.
in your possessionboth
in your possession
3.
he gathered it and folded itboth
he gathered it and folded it
4.
he diedboth
he died

تَقَبَّضَverb

1.
he recoiled/shrank awayboth
he recoiled/shrank away

قَبَّضَverb

1.
he took itboth
he took it
2.
in your possessionboth
in your possession
3.
he gathered it and folded itboth
he gathered it and folded it
4.
he diedboth
he died

تَقْبِيضnoun

1.
gatheringclassical
The act of gathering or collecting.
2.
giving moneyclassical
The act of giving money to someone to take.

قَابِضadjective

1.
hastyclassical
Describing someone who is quick and hasty.
2.
fast-movingclassical
Describing a horse that moves its legs quickly.
3.
driving fastclassical
Describing a camel driver who urges his camels on quickly.

قَبِيضadjective

1.
quickclassical
Describing someone or something that is quick and fast.
2.
fast-movingclassical
Describing a horse that moves its legs quickly.

قَبَّاضadjective

1.
driving fastclassical
Describing a camel driver who urges his camels on quickly.

قَبَّاضَةadjective

1.
driving fastclassical
Describing a camel driver who urges his camels on quickly.
2.
skillfulclassical
Describing someone who is skillful, between harsh and adept.

قُنْبُظَةnoun

1.
short womanclassical
A short woman, with the 'n' considered extra.

قُنْبُظadjective

1.
shortclassical
Describing a man as short.

قَبْضَةٌnoun

1.
in your possessionboth
in your possession
2.
he gave it to himboth
he gave it to him

أعطاه قبضة من سويق أو تمر — He gave him a handful of barley flour or dates.

مَقْبِضٌnoun

1.
handleboth
The part of a sword or bow where it is gripped.

المقبض من القوس والسيف: حيث يقبض عليه بجمع الكف — The handle of a bow and sword: where it is gripped with the closed fist.

قَبَضَverb

1.
he took itboth
he took it
2.
in your possessionboth
in your possession
3.
he gathered it and folded itboth
he gathered it and folded it
4.
he diedboth
he died

قبض فلان، أي مات — So-and-so died.

يَقْبِضْنَverb

1.
to contract their wingsclassical
To draw their wings in or fold them.

{أولم يروا إلى الطير فوقهم صافات ويقبضن} — {Do they not see the birds above them, spreading [their wings] and contracting them?}

قَبِيضُ الشَّدِّadjective

1.
fast-movingclassical
Describing a horse that moves its legs quickly.

فرس قبيض الشد، أي سريع نقل القوائم — A horse fast in its gait, meaning quick in moving its legs.

قَابِضٌadjective

1.
fastclassical
Describing a camel driver who urges his camels on quickly.

هذا حاد قابض — This is a fast camel driver.

قَبَّاضَةٌadjective

1.
skillfulclassical
Describing someone who is skillful, between harsh and adept.

رؤبة: قباضة بين العنيف واللبق — Ru'bah: skillful, between the harsh and the adept.

قُنْبُظَةٌnoun

1.
short womanclassical
A short woman.

إذا القنبظات السود طوفن بالضحى — When the short black women paraded in the forenoon.

قَبَضَ الشَّيْءَverb

1.
to take the thingboth
To take hold of something.

قبضت الشئ قبضا: أخذته — I took the thing, a taking: I seized it.

قَبَضَ عَلَيْهِverb

1.
to seize itboth
To take hold of something.

صار الشئ في قبضتك، أي في ملكك — The thing became in your grasp, meaning in your possession.

اِنْقَبَضَ الشَّيْءُverb

1.
the thing became contractedboth
The thing became contracted or drawn in.

وانقبض الشئ: صار مقبوضا — And the thing contracted: it became contracted.

تَقَبَّضَ عَنْهُverb

1.
to shrink from itclassical
To feel aversion or disgust towards something.

وتقبض عنه، أي اشمأز — And he shrank from it, meaning he felt aversion.

تَقَبَّضَتِ الْجِلْدَةُverb

1.
the skin contractedclassical
The skin shrank or contracted, especially when exposed to heat.

وتقبضت الجلدة في النار، إذا انزوت — And the skin contracted in the fire, meaning it shriveled.

قَبَّضَ الشَّيْءَverb

1.
to gather the thingclassical
To gather and draw something together.

وقبضت الشئ تقبيضا: جمعته وزويته — And I gathered the thing, a gathering: I collected it and drew it together.

تَقْبِيضُ الْمَالِnoun

1.
giving moneyclassical
The act of giving money to someone to take possession of it.

وتقبيض المال: إعطاؤه لمن يأخذه — And giving money: giving it to someone to take.

يُقَبِّضْنَverb

1.
they contractclassical
They draw their wings in or fold them.

ويقبضن — and they contract [their wings].

قَبِيضٌadjective

1.
quickclassical
Describing someone who is quick and hasty.

رجل قابض وقبيض بين القباضة، إذا كان منكمشا سريعا — A man who is qābiḍ and qabīḍ, meaning withdrawn and quick.

الْحُدَاةُ تُقَبِّضُverb

1.
the drivers urge onclassical
The camel drivers urge their camels on quickly.

والحداة تقبض بالغمل ليلا والرحال تنغض — And the drivers urge on with the goad at night while the loads sway.

حَادٌ قَبَّاضٌadjective

1.
fast driverclassical
A camel driver who drives quickly.

وحاد قباض وقباضة — And a driver who is qabbāḍ and qabbāḍah.

قَبَّاضَةٌadjective

1.
skillfulclassical
Describing someone who is skillful, between harsh and adept.

قباضة بين العنيف واللبق — Skillful, between the harsh and the adept.

الْقُنْبُظَةُnoun

1.
short womanclassical
A short woman.

والقنبظة من النساء: القصيرة — And the qunbuẓah among women: the short one.

الرَّجُلُ قُنْبُظٌadjective

1.
the man is shortclassical
The man is short.

والرجل قنبظ — And the man is short.

Parallel reading

قبضت الشئ قبضا: أخذته.

I took the thing, a taking: I seized it.

والقبض: خلاف البسط.

And al-qabḍ: the opposite of al-basṭ (expansion).

صار الشئ في قبضتك، أي في ملكك.

The thing became in your grasp, meaning in your possession.

ودخل مال فلان في القبض، بالتحريك، وهو ما قبض من أموال الناس.

And so-and-so's wealth entered into al-qabḍ (with vocalization), which is what is seized from the people's wealth.

والانقباض: خلاف الانبساط.

And al-inqibāḍ: the opposite of al-insibāṭ (expansion).

وانقبض الشئ: صار مقبوضا.

And the thing contracted: it became contracted.

والقبضة بالضم: ما قبضت عليه من شئ.

And al-qabḍah (with dammah): what you grasp of something.

يقال: أعطاه قبضة من سويق أو تمر، أي كفا منه.

It is said: He gave him a handful of barley flour or dates, meaning a fistful of it.

والمقبض بفتح الميم وكسر الباء، من القوس والسيف: حيث يقبض عليه بجمع الكف.

And al-miqbaḍ (with fatha on the mim and kasra on the ba), of a bow and sword: where it is gripped with the closed fist.

وأقبضت السيف والسكين، أي جعلت له مقبضا.

And I gave the sword and knife a handle, meaning I made a handle for it.

ويقال: رجل قبضة رفضة، للذي يتمسك بالشئ ثم لا يلبث أن يدعه ويرفضه.

And it is said: a man is qabḍah rafḍah, for one who holds onto something then soon lets it go and abandons it.

وراع قبضة، إذا كان منقبضا لا يتفسح في رعي غنمه.

And a shepherd is qabḍah, if he is withdrawn, not letting his flock graze freely.

وتقبض عنه، أي اشمأز.

And he shrank from it, meaning he felt aversion.

وتقبضت الجلدة في النار، إذا انزوت.

And the skin contracted in the fire, meaning it shriveled.

وقبضت الشئ تقبيضا: جمعته وزويته.

And I gathered the thing, a gathering: I collected it and drew it together.

وتقبيض المال: إعطاؤه لمن يأخذه.

And taqbiḍ al-māl: giving it to someone to take.

وقبض فلان، أي مات، فهو مقبوض.

So-and-so died, meaning he passed away, so he is deceased.

والقبض: الإسراع، ومنه قوله تعالى: {أولم يروا إلى الطير فوقهم صافات ويقبضن}.

And al-qabḍ: hastening, and from it is His saying, the Almighty: {Do they not see the birds above them, spreading [their wings] and contracting them?}.

ورجل قابض وقبيض بين القباضة، إذا كان منكمشا سريعا.

And a man is qābiḍ and qabīḍ, meaning withdrawn and quick.

وفرس قبيض الشد، أي سريع نقل القوائم.

And a horse is qabīḍ al-shadd, meaning quick in moving its legs.

والقبض: السوق السريع، يقال: هذا حاد قابض.

And al-qabḍ: fast driving; it is said: This is a fast camel driver.

قال الراجز: كيف تراها والحداة تقبض بالغمل ليلا والرحال تنغض

The rajaz poet said: How do you see it, and the drivers urge on with the goad at night while the loads sway?

وحاد قباض وقباضة.

And a driver who is qabbāḍ and qabbāḍah.

قال رؤبة: قباضة بين العنيف واللبق

Ru'bah said: skillful, between the harsh and the adept.

والقنبظة من النساء: القصيرة، والنون زائدة.

And al-qunbuzah among women: the short one, and the 'n' is extra.

قال الفرزدق: إذا القنبظات السود طوفن بالضحى رقدن عليهن الحجال المسجف

Al-Farazdaq said: When the short black women paraded in the forenoon, the covered palanquins slept upon them.

والرجل قنبظ.

And the man is short.