qabad

Maltese

Root
q-b-d
6 terms

From Arabic قَبَضَ (qabaḍa).

qabad (imperfect jaqbad, past participle maqbud, verbal noun qbid)

to catch; to grip
to catch (fish etc.)
to capture; to arrest
to grasp; to apprehend
(with following imperfect) to start to; to begin to
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 5:1–2:
  Kif ra l-folol, Ġesù tala’ fuq il-muntanja, qagħad bilqiegħda, u resqu lejh id-dixxipli tiegħu. Fetaħ fommu u qabad jgħallimhom u jgħid: […]
  New International Version translation: Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them. He said: […]
(impersonal) to affect
qabadni l-ġuħ. ― I am feeling hungry. (literally, “The hunger is affecting me.”)
to strike root
to become popular