قَسَمَ (qasama)to divide

Conjugation, meanings and vowelled example sentences for the Arabic verb قَسَمَ (qasama) — “to divide”, drawn from the reader’s verified vocabulary bank. Every form carries full harakat.

Conjugation (1): قَسَمَ يَقْسِمُ

Past · الماضيPresent · المضارعImperative · الأمرVerbal noun · المصدر
قَسَمَ qasamaيَقْسِمُ yaqsimuاِقْسِمْ aiqsimقَسْم qasm

Conjugation (2): قَسَّمَ يُقَسِّمُ

Past · الماضيPresent · المضارعImperative · الأمرVerbal noun · المصدر
قَسَّمَ qasaamaيُقَسِّمُ yuqasiimuقَسِّمْ qasiimتَقْسِيمٌ taqsīmun

Meanings & examples

  1. 1. to divide

    • قَسَمَ المُعَلِّمُ الطَّلَبَةَ إِلَى فِرَقٍ.The teacher divided the students into teams.
    • قَسَمَ الوَرَثَةُ التُّرَاثَ بِالتَّسَاوِي بَيْنَهُمْ.The heirs divided the inheritance equally among themselves.
    • هَلْ قَسَمْتَ الكَعْكَةَ بِشَكْلٍ مُتَسَاوٍ لِجَمِيعِ الأَطْفَالِ؟Did you divide the cake equally for all the children?
  2. 2. to allot

    • قَسَمَ الْمُدِيرُ الْمَهَامَّ بَيْنَ الْمُوَظَّفِينَ بِعَدْلٍ.The manager allotted the tasks among the employees fairly.
    • قَسَمَتِ الْجَامِعَةُ الْمَقَاعِدَ عَلَى الطُّلَّابِ الْجُدُدِ.The university allotted the seats to the new students.
    • قَسَمَ الْمُهَنْدِسُ الْمِسَاحَةَ إِلَى قِطَعٍ صَغِيرَةٍ لِلْبِنَاءِ.The engineer allotted the area into small pieces for construction.
  3. 3. to divide, allot

    • قُسِّمَ الكَعْكُ بَيْنَ الأَطْفَالِ.The cake was divided among the children.
    • قُسِّمَ المِيرَاثُ بَيْنَ الوَرَثَةِ حَسَبَ الشَّرِيعَةِ الإِسْلَامِيَّةِ.The inheritance was divided among the heirs according to Islamic law.
    • لِمَاذَا قُسِّمَ المَشْرُوعُ إِلَى هَذِهِ المَرَاحِلِ المُتَعَدِّدَةِ؟Why was the project divided into these multiple stages?
  4. 4. to divide, partition

    • قُسِمَ الكَعْكُ بَيْنَ الأَطْفَالِ.The cake was divided among the children.
    • هَلْ قُسِمَ المَالُ بِعَدْلٍ؟Was the money divided fairly?
    • قُسِمَ العَمَلُ الكَبِيرُ إِلَى مَهَامَّ صَغِيرَةٍ لِتَسْهِيلِ إِكْمَالِهِ.The large task was divided into small assignments to facilitate its completion.
  5. 5. to divide, share

    • قُسِمَ الكَعْكُ بَيْنَ الأَطْفَالِ.The cake was divided among the children.
    • هَلْ قُسِمَ المَالُ بِعَدْلٍ؟Was the money divided fairly?
    • قُسِمَ العَمَلُ الكَبِيرُ إِلَى مَهَامَّ صَغِيرَةٍ لِتَسْهِيلِ إِكْمَالِهِ.The large task was divided into small assignments to facilitate its completion.
  6. 6. to swear

    • قَسَمَ الْقَاضِي الشَّاهِدَ عَلَى صِدْقِ شَهَادَتِهِ.The judge made the witness swear to the truth of his testimony.
    • قَسَمَ الرَّجُلُ أَلَّا يَكْذِبَ أَبَدًا فِي حَيَاتِهِ.The man swore never to lie in his life.
    • يَقْسِمُ الشَّاهِدُ بِقَوْلِ الْحَقِّ أَمَامَ الْمَحْكَمَةِ.The witness swears to tell the truth before the court.

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