قابض

Arabic

Root
ق ب ض (q-b-ḍ)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qaː.bidˤ/

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 • (qābiḍ) m

  1. clutch
  2. constriction

Declension

Proper noun

القَابِض • (al-qābiḍ) m

  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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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