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 قَابِضَة ― ʕaḍala(t) qābiḍa ― a flexor muscle

Declension of noun قَابِض (qābiḍ)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَابِض qābiḍ	الْقَابِض al-qābiḍ	قَابِض qābiḍ	قَابِضَة qābiḍa	الْقَابِضَة al-qābiḍa	قَابِضَة qābiḍat
Nominative	قَابِضٌ qābiḍun	الْقَابِضُ al-qābiḍu	قَابِضُ qābiḍu	قَابِضَةٌ qābiḍatun	الْقَابِضَةُ al-qābiḍatu	قَابِضَةُ qābiḍatu
Accusative	قَابِضًا qābiḍan	الْقَابِضَ al-qābiḍa	قَابِضَ qābiḍa	قَابِضَةً qābiḍatan	الْقَابِضَةَ al-qābiḍata	قَابِضَةَ qābiḍata
Genitive	قَابِضٍ qābiḍin	الْقَابِضِ al-qābiḍi	قَابِضِ qābiḍi	قَابِضَةٍ qābiḍatin	الْقَابِضَةِ al-qābiḍati	قَابِضَةِ qābiḍati

Descendants

• → Urdu: قَابِض (qābiz)

Noun

قَابِض • (qābiḍ) m

1. clutch
2. constriction

Declension

Declension of noun قَابِض (qābiḍ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَابِض qābiḍ	الْقَابِض al-qābiḍ	قَابِض qābiḍ
Nominative	قَابِضٌ qābiḍun	الْقَابِضُ al-qābiḍu	قَابِضُ qābiḍu
Accusative	قَابِضًا qābiḍan	الْقَابِضَ al-qābiḍa	قَابِضَ qābiḍa
Genitive	قَابِضٍ qābiḍin	الْقَابِضِ al-qābiḍi	قَابِضِ qābiḍi

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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɑː.bɪz/
• Rhymes: -ɪz

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.