اقتبس

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Arabic

Root
ق ب س (q b s)
4 terms

Verb

اِقْتَبَسَ (iqtabasa) VIII (non-past يَقْتَبِسُ (yaqtabisu), verbal noun اِقْتِبَاس (iqtibās))

  1. to quote, acquire, to obtain, to derive, to take from (especially knowledge)
    • 7th century CE, Sunan Abī Dāwud, 30:2:
      مَن ٱقْتَبَسَ عِلْمًا مِن ٱلنُّجُومِ ٱقْتَبَسَ شُعْبَةً مِنَ السِّحْرِ زَادَ مَا زَادَ.
      man qtabasa ʕilman min n-nujūmi qtabasa šuʕbatan mina s-siḥri zāda mā zāda.
      He who acquires knowledge of the stars acquires a branch of magic as long as he does so.

Conjugation