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ق ب ض

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

The root ق ب ض (q-b-ḍ) primarily relates to the physical act of grasping, taking, or holding something with the hand. It extends to concepts of possession, control, constriction, and even death, as well as speed and swiftness in movement.

Derived headwords

قَبَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to graspboth

    To take hold of something with the hand, touching it.

  2. 2.
    to seizeboth

    To take hold of something firmly.

  3. 3.
    to contractboth

    To make narrow or constrict, opposite of to expand.

  4. 4.
    to dieboth

    To pass away or cease to live.

  5. 5.
    to fly swiftlyclassical

    To move quickly in flight, especially by drawing the wings together.

قبضه بيده يقبضه: تناوله بيده ملامسة — He grasped it with his hand, taking it with his hand touching it.
قبض عليه بيده: أمسكه — He seized it with his hand: he held onto it.
والله يقبض ويبسط — And Allah constricts and expands (provides and withholds).
قبض فلان: مات — So-and-so died.
قبض الطائر وغيره: أسرع في الطيران — The bird and others flew swiftly: they sped up in flight.
قَبْضnoun
  1. 1.
    graspingboth

    The act of taking or holding something with the hand.

  2. 2.
    seizureboth

    The act of seizing or taking possession.

  3. 3.
    constrictionboth

    The state of being narrow or constricted.

  4. 4.
    deathboth

    The end of life.

  5. 5.
    collected wealthclassical

    Wealth or spoils gathered before distribution.

  6. 6.
    swiftnessclassical

    Speed or quickness.

قبضت الشيء قبضا: أخذته — I took hold of the thing, grasping it: I took it.
ويقبضون أيديهم أي عن النفقة — And they withhold their hands, meaning from spending.
والله يقبض ويبسط — And Allah constricts and expands.
دخل مالك في القبض — Malik's wealth entered into the seized property.
القبض: ما جمع من الغنائم قبل أن تقسم — The spoils: what was gathered of the war booty before it was divided.
القباض، كسحاب: السرعة — Al-qibāḍ, like qisāb: speed.
قَابِضadjective
  1. 1.
    graspingboth

    One who grasps or takes hold.

  2. 2.
    constrictingboth

    One who constricts or withholds.

  3. 3.
    swiftclassical

    Moving with speed.

فهو قابض وقباض — So he is a taker and a gatherer.
والطير صافات ويقبضن — And the birds, lining up in rows, and they grasp (their wings).
قَبَّاضadjective
  1. 1.
    gathererboth

    One who gathers or collects things.

  2. 2.
    tight-fistedclassical

    One who is reluctant to spend or give.

  3. 3.
    swiftclassical

    Very fast.

فهو قابض وقباض — So he is a taker and a gatherer.
وحاد قباضة — And a swift driver.
قَبَّاضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    graspingclassical

    The act of grasping or collecting.

  2. 2.
    swiftnessclassical

    Great speed.

وقباضة، بزيادة الهاء، وليست للتأنيث — And qabāḍah, with the addition of the ha', and it is not for feminine gender.
يعجل ذا القباضة الوحيا — He hastens with this swiftness, the quick one.
مَقْبُوضadjective
  1. 1.
    graspedboth

    That which has been taken or held.

  2. 2.
    deceasedboth

    One who has died.

  3. 3.
    constrictedboth

    Made narrow or tight.

فهو مقبوض — So he is deceased.
والمتقبض: الأسد المجتمع، والمستعد للوثوب — And al-mutaqabbiḍ: the gathered lion, ready to pounce.
مَقْبِضnoun
  1. 1.
    handleboth

    The part of an object by which it is held, such as a sword or knife.

  2. 2.
    gripboth

    The place where one grips something.

والمقبض، كمنزل، وعليه اقتصر الجوهري — And al-miqbaḍ, like minzil, and Al-Jauhari limited himself to this.
والمقبضة بهاء فيهن، وهذه عن الأزهري: ما يقبض عليه بجمع الكف، من السيف وغيره، كالسكين والقوس — And al-miqbaḍah, with ha': what is grasped with the whole hand, of a sword or other, like a knife and a bow.
قَبْضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    handfulboth

    An amount that can be held in one hand.

  2. 2.
    graspboth

    The act of grasping.

  3. 3.
    gripboth

    The part held in the hand.

أعطاه قبضة من السويق أو من التمر، أي كفا منه — He gave him a handful of semolina or dates, meaning a fistful of it.
فقبضت قبضة من أثر الرسول — So I took a handful from the footprint of the Messenger.
قَبِيضadjective
  1. 1.
    swift-movingclassical

    Quick in moving the limbs.

  2. 2.
    intelligentclassical

    Perceptive and focused on one's craft.

ورجل قبيض الشد، هكذا في سائر النسخ، وهو غلط — And a man qabīḍ al-shadd, thus in all copies, and it is an error.
والقبيض من الناس: اللبيب المقبل المكب على صنعته — And al-qabīḍ among people: the intelligent one, focused on his craft.
تَقْبِيضverb
  1. 1.
    to give in handfulsclassical

    To give something in portions held in the hand.

  2. 2.
    to gatherclassical

    To collect or bring together.

وقبضه المال تقبيضا: أعطاه في قبضته، أي حوله إلى حيزه — And he gave him money taqbīḍan: he gave it to him in his grasp, meaning he turned it into his possession.
وقبض الشيء تقبيضا: جمعه وزواه — And he gathered the thing taqbīḍan: he collected it and compressed it.
اِنْقَبَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to contractboth

    To draw together or become smaller.

  2. 2.
    to move swiftlyclassical

    To travel or move quickly.

  3. 3.
    to shrink backboth

    To recoil or withdraw.

وانقبض الشيء: انضم — And the thing contracted: it drew together.
وانقبض: سار وأسرع — And he moved swiftly: he traveled and sped up.
وانقبض الشيء: ضد انبسط — And the thing contracted: the opposite of expanded.
مُنْقَبِضadjective
  1. 1.
    contractedboth

    Drawn together or shrunken.

  2. 2.
    gatheredclassical

    Collected or assembled, especially of a lion ready to pounce.

والمنقبض: الأسد المجتمع، والمستعد للوثوب — And the munqabiḍ: the gathered lion, ready to pounce.
فقلت يا قوم إن الليث منقبض — So I said, 'O my people, indeed the lion is gathered (ready to strike)'.
تَقَبَّضَverb
  1. 1.
    to shrinkboth

    To draw oneself together or recoil.

  2. 2.
    to pounceclassical

    To leap or spring upon.

  3. 3.
    to shrivelboth

    To become wrinkled or contracted, like skin over heat.

وتقبض عنه: اشمأز — And he recoiled from it: he felt aversion.
وتقبض إليه: وثب — And he pounced towards it: he leaped.
وتقبض الجلد على النار: انزوى — And the skin shriveled over the fire: it drew back.
قَبْضَة رَفْضَةadjective
  1. 1.
    holding and releasingclassical

    One who grasps something and then lets it go.

  2. 2.
    judicious shepherdclassical

    A shepherd who manages his flock wisely, gathering them when needed and letting them graze freely when possible.

ورجل قبضة رفضة، كهمزة، فيهما: من يمسك بالشيء، ثم لا يلبث أن يدعه ويرفضه — And a man qabḍah rafḍah, like hamzah, in both: one who holds onto something, then soon lets it go and abandons it.
والقبضة: الراعي الحسن التدبير — And al-qabḍah: the well-managing shepherd.
قَبْضَىnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of runningclassical

    A gait involving leaping or bounding.

والقبضى، كزمكى: ضرب من العدو فيه نزو — And al-qabḍā, like zamkā: a type of running involving leaping.
قَبِيضadjective
  1. 1.
    intelligentclassical

    Perceptive and astute.

  2. 2.
    swiftclassical

    Quick in movement.

والقبيض من الناس: اللبيب المقبل المكب على صنعته — And al-qabīḍ among people: the intelligent one, focused on his craft.
ما أدري أي القبيض هو — I don't know which qabīḍ he is (meaning, I don't know what kind of person he is).
أَقْبَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to give a handleclassical

    To make or attach a handle to something.

وأقبض السيف وكذا السكين: جعل له مقبضا — And he gave the sword and the knife a handle: he made a handle for it.
اِقْتَبَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to take a handfulclassical

    To take a portion with the hand.

واقتبض من أثره قبضة، كقبض، والصاد لغة فيه — And he took a handful from his trace, like qabaḍa, and the ṣād is a variant for it.
قالت له واقتبضت من أثره — She said to him, 'And I took a handful from his trace'.
القَابِضname
  1. 1.
    The Constrictorboth

    One of the names of Allah, referring to His attribute of withholding sustenance or life.

والقابض في أسماء الله الحسنى هو الذي يمسك الرزق وغيره من الأشياء عن العباد بلطفه وحكمته — And Al-Qābiḍ in the Beautiful Names of Allah is He who withholds sustenance and other things from His servants with His kindness and wisdom.
القَبْضnoun
  1. 1.
    controlboth

    Possession or dominion over something.

  2. 2.
    seized propertyclassical

    That which has been taken or confiscated.

والأرض جميعا قبضته يوم القيامة — And the earth, all of it, will be in His grasp on the Day of Resurrection.
اذهب فاطرحه في القبض — Go and throw it into the seized property.
القَبْضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    possessionboth

    That which is held or controlled.

  2. 2.
    handfulboth

    An amount held in the hand.

هذه الدار في قبضتي وقبضي — This house is in my grasp and my possession.
فجعل يجيء به قبضا قبضا — So he began to bring it handful after handful.
القَبْضnoun
  1. 1.
    poetic meter defectclassical

    A metrical fault in Arabic poetry involving the deletion of the fifth quiescent letter in a foot.

والقبض في زحاف الشعر: حذف الحرف الخامس الساكن من الجزء — And al-qabḍ in poetic scansion: the deletion of the fifth quiescent letter from the part.
القَبَّاضnoun
  1. 1.
    swiftnessclassical

    Great speed.

  2. 2.
    fast driverclassical

    One who drives animals or vehicles very quickly.

والقباض، كسحاب: السرعة — And al-qibāḍ, like qisāb: speed.
وكذا: حاد قباضة — And likewise: a swift driver.
قَبَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to seizeclassical

    To take hold of something forcefully.

قال: وقبض الإبل يقبضها قبضا: ساقها سوقا عنيفا — He said: And qabaḍa the camels, he qabḍuhā qabḍan: he drove them with rough driving.
قَبَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to leapclassical

    To make a sudden jump or bound.

والقبض: النزو — And al-qabḍ: leaping.
قَبِيضadjective
  1. 1.
    astuteclassical

    Having or showing shrewdness and keen insight.

وللقبيض رعاة أمرها الرشد — And for the astute ones, their affairs are guided to righteousness.
قَبِيضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    handfulclassical

    A portion held in the hand.

فقبضت قبيضة من أثر الرسول — So I took a qabīḍah from the trace of the Messenger.

Parallel reading

قبضه بيده يقبضه: تناوله بيده ملامسة
He grasped it with his hand, taking it with his hand touching it.
قبضت الشيء قبضا: أخذته
I took hold of the thing, grasping it: I took it.
القبض: جمع الكف على الشيء
Grasping: is gathering the palm around the thing.
وقيل: القبض: الأخذ بأطراف الأنامل، وهذا نقله شيخنا، وهو تصحيف
And it was said: Grasping: is taking with the fingertips, and this is what my teacher transmitted, and it is a textual corruption.
وقبض عليه بيده: أمسكه
And he seized it with his hand: he held onto it.
ويقبضون أيديهم أي عن النفقة
And they withhold their hands, meaning from spending.
فهو قابض وقباض
So he is a taker and a gatherer.
وقباضة، بزيادة الهاء، وليست للتأنيث
And qabāḍah, with the addition of the ha', and it is not for feminine gender.
والله يقبض ويبسط
And Allah constricts and expands (provides and withholds).
فاطمة بضعة مني، يقبضني ما قبضها ويبسطني ما بسطها
Fatima is a piece of me; what distresses her distresses me, and what pleases her pleases me.
قبض الطائر وغيره: أسرع في الطيران، أو المشي
The bird and others flew swiftly: they sped up in flight, or in walking.
ورجل قبيض الشد، هكذا في سائر النسخ، وهو غلط
And a man qabīḍ al-shadd, thus in all copies, and it is an error.
والقبيض من الدواب: السريع نقل القوائم
And al-qabīḍ among animals: one that moves its limbs quickly.
قبض فلان، كعني: مات، فهو مقبوض
So-and-so died, like 'anī: he is deceased.
رأيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في المنام، فسألني: كيف بنوك قلت: يقبضون قبضا شديدا
I saw the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, in a dream, and he asked me: 'How are your children?' I said: 'They are dying severely'.
فقبضت قبضة من أثر الرسول
So I took a handful from the footprint of the Messenger.
والأرض جميعا قبضته يوم القيامة
And the earth, all of it, will be in His grasp on the Day of Resurrection.
ورجل قبضة رفضة، كهمزة، فيهما: من يمسك بالشيء، ثم لا يلبث أن يدعه ويرفضه
And a man qabḍah rafḍah, like hamzah, in both: one who holds onto something, then soon lets it go and abandons it.
والقبضة: الراعي الحسن التدبير
And al-qabḍah: the well-managing shepherd.
والقبضى، كزمكى: ضرب من العدو فيه نزو
And al-qabḍā, like zamkā: a type of running involving leaping.
وأقبض السيف وكذا السكين: جعل له مقبضا
And he gave the sword and the knife a handle: he made a handle for it.
وقبض الشيء تقبيضا: جمعه وزواه
And he gathered the thing taqbīḍan: he collected it and compressed it.
وانقبض الشيء: انضم
And the thing contracted: it drew together.
وانقبض: سار وأسرع
And he moved swiftly: he traveled and sped up.
والمنقبض: الأسد المجتمع، والمستعد للوثوب
And the munqabiḍ: the gathered lion, ready to pounce.
وتقبض عنه: اشمأز
And he recoiled from it: he felt aversion.
وتقبض إليه: وثب
And he pounced towards it: he leaped.
وتقبض الجلد على النار: انزوى
And the skin shriveled over the fire: it drew back.
والقابض في أسماء الله الحسنى هو الذي يمسك الرزق وغيره من الأشياء عن العباد بلطفه وحكمته
And Al-Qābiḍ in the Beautiful Names of Allah is He who withholds sustenance and other things from His servants with His kindness and wisdom.
يقبض الله الأرض ويقبض السماء
Allah will grasp the earth and grasp the sky.
وقبض الله روحه: توفاه
And Allah took his soul: He caused him to die.
والانقباض عن الناس: الانجماع والعزلة
And withdrawal from people: is drawing back and isolation.
والقبضة والقبض: الملك
And al-qabḍah and al-qabḍ: dominion.
فجعل يجيء به قبضا قبضا
So he began to bring it handful after handful.
والقبض في زحاف الشعر: حذف الحرف الخامس الساكن من الجزء
And al-qabḍ in poetic scansion: the deletion of the fifth quiescent letter from the part.
والقباض، كسحاب: السرعة
And al-qibāḍ, like qisāb: speed.
كيف تراها والحداة تقبض بالغمل ليلا والرحال تنغض
How do you see it, and the drivers are driving swiftly at night while the loads are shaking?
قال: وقبض الإبل يقبضها قبضا: ساقها سوقا عنيفا
He said: And qabaḍa the camels, he qabḍuhā qabḍan: he drove them with rough driving.
والقبض: النزو
And al-qabḍ: leaping.
فحده من ولاف القبض مفلول
So its driving from the habit of leaping is weakened.
وللقبيض رعاة أمرها الرشد
And for the astute ones, their affairs are guided to righteousness.
فقبضت قبيضة من أثر الرسول
So I took a qabīḍah from the trace of the Messenger.