قابض

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Arabic

Root
ق ب ض (q b ḍ)
7 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of قَبَضَ (qabaḍa, to seize).

Pronunciation

Adjective

قَابِض (qābiḍ) (feminine قَابِضَة (qābiḍa), masculine plural قَابِضُون (qābiḍūn) or قُبَّاض (qubbāḍ))

  1. depressing
  2. (anatomy) flexor (causing the joint to flex)
    Synonym: مُثْنِيّ (muṯniyy)
    Coordinate term: بَاسِط (bāsiṭ)
    عَضَلَة قَابِضَةʕaḍala(t) qābiḍaa flexor muscle

Descendants

  • Urdu: قَابِض (qābiz)

Noun

قَابِض (qābiḍm

  1. clutch
  2. constriction

Declension

Proper noun

القَابِض (al-qābiḍm

  1. (Islam) Al-Qabid, "the Restrainer, the Straightener" one of the names of God in Islam.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَابِض (qābiḍ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

قابِض (qābiz) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling क़ाबिज़)

  1. occupier, seizer
  2. possesser

References

  • قابض”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قابض”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.