ضبط

ضبط

Arabic

Root
ض ب ط‎ (ḍ-b-ṭ)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṣbṭ- (“to seize, take hold of, catch”). Compare Akkadian 𒍝𒁀𒌈 (ṣabātum, “to seize”) and Biblical Hebrew צָבַט‎ (ṣɔbaṭ, “to reach, hold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤa.ba.tˤa/

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Verb

ضَبَطَ • (ḍabaṭa) I, non-past يَضْبِطُ‎‎ (yaḍbiṭu)

1. to do something accurately
2. to confiscate
3. to check up, to check out
4. to regulate, to adjust, to fix, to set

Conjugation

Conjugation of

ضَبَطَ

(form-I sound, verbal noun ضَبْط)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						ضَبْط ḍabṭ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						ضَابِط‎ ḍābiṭ
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَضْبُوط‎ maḍbūṭ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	ضَبَطْتُ‎ ḍabaṭtu	ضَبَطْتَ‎ ḍabaṭta	ضَبَطَ ḍabaṭa		ضَبَطْتُمَا‎ ḍabaṭtumā	ضَبَطَا‎ ḍabaṭā		ضَبَطْنَا‎ ḍabaṭnā	ضَبَطْتُمْ‎ ḍabaṭtum	ضَبَطُوا‎ ḍabaṭū
	f		ضَبَطْتِ‎ ḍabaṭti	ضَبَطَتْ‎ ḍabaṭat			ضَبَطَتَا‎ ḍabaṭatā			ضَبَطْتُنَّ‎ ḍabaṭtunna	ضَبَطْنَ‎ ḍabaṭna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَضْبِطُ‎ ʾaḍbiṭu	تَضْبِطُ‎ taḍbiṭu	يَضْبِطُ‎ yaḍbiṭu		تَضْبِطَانِ‎ taḍbiṭāni	يَضْبِطَانِ‎ yaḍbiṭāni		نَضْبِطُ‎ naḍbiṭu	تَضْبِطُونَ‎ taḍbiṭūna	يَضْبِطُونَ‎ yaḍbiṭūna
	f		تَضْبِطِينَ‎ taḍbiṭīna	تَضْبِطُ‎ taḍbiṭu			تَضْبِطَانِ‎ taḍbiṭāni			تَضْبِطْنَ‎ taḍbiṭna	يَضْبِطْنَ‎ yaḍbiṭna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَضْبِطَ‎ ʾaḍbiṭa	تَضْبِطَ‎ taḍbiṭa	يَضْبِطَ‎ yaḍbiṭa		تَضْبِطَا‎ taḍbiṭā	يَضْبِطَا‎ yaḍbiṭā		نَضْبِطَ‎ naḍbiṭa	تَضْبِطُوا‎ taḍbiṭū	يَضْبِطُوا‎ yaḍbiṭū
	f		تَضْبِطِي‎ taḍbiṭī	تَضْبِطَ‎ taḍbiṭa			تَضْبِطَا‎ taḍbiṭā			تَضْبِطْنَ‎ taḍbiṭna	يَضْبِطْنَ‎ yaḍbiṭna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَضْبِطْ‎ ʾaḍbiṭ	تَضْبِطْ‎ taḍbiṭ	يَضْبِطْ‎ yaḍbiṭ		تَضْبِطَا‎ taḍbiṭā	يَضْبِطَا‎ yaḍbiṭā		نَضْبِطْ‎ naḍbiṭ	تَضْبِطُوا‎ taḍbiṭū	يَضْبِطُوا‎ yaḍbiṭū
	f		تَضْبِطِي‎ taḍbiṭī	تَضْبِطْ‎ taḍbiṭ			تَضْبِطَا‎ taḍbiṭā			تَضْبِطْنَ‎ taḍbiṭna	يَضْبِطْنَ‎ yaḍbiṭna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِضْبِطْ‎ iḍbiṭ			اِضْبِطَا‎ iḍbiṭā				اِضْبِطُوا‎ iḍbiṭū
	f		اِضْبِطِي‎ iḍbiṭī							اِضْبِطْنَ‎ iḍbiṭna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	ضُبِطْتُ‎ ḍubiṭtu	ضُبِطْتَ‎ ḍubiṭta	ضُبِطَ ḍubiṭa		ضُبِطْتُمَا‎ ḍubiṭtumā	ضُبِطَا‎ ḍubiṭā		ضُبِطْنَا‎ ḍubiṭnā	ضُبِطْتُمْ‎ ḍubiṭtum	ضُبِطُوا‎ ḍubiṭū
	f		ضُبِطْتِ‎ ḍubiṭti	ضُبِطَتْ‎ ḍubiṭat			ضُبِطَتَا‎ ḍubiṭatā			ضُبِطْتُنَّ‎ ḍubiṭtunna	ضُبِطْنَ‎ ḍubiṭna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُضْبَطُ‎ ʾuḍbaṭu	تُضْبَطُ‎ tuḍbaṭu	يُضْبَطُ‎ yuḍbaṭu		تُضْبَطَانِ‎ tuḍbaṭāni	يُضْبَطَانِ‎ yuḍbaṭāni		نُضْبَطُ‎ nuḍbaṭu	تُضْبَطُونَ‎ tuḍbaṭūna	يُضْبَطُونَ‎ yuḍbaṭūna
	f		تُضْبَطِينَ‎ tuḍbaṭīna	تُضْبَطُ‎ tuḍbaṭu			تُضْبَطَانِ‎ tuḍbaṭāni			تُضْبَطْنَ‎ tuḍbaṭna	يُضْبَطْنَ‎ yuḍbaṭna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُضْبَطَ‎ ʾuḍbaṭa	تُضْبَطَ‎ tuḍbaṭa	يُضْبَطَ‎ yuḍbaṭa		تُضْبَطَا‎ tuḍbaṭā	يُضْبَطَا‎ yuḍbaṭā		نُضْبَطَ‎ nuḍbaṭa	تُضْبَطُوا‎ tuḍbaṭū	يُضْبَطُوا‎ yuḍbaṭū
	f		تُضْبَطِي‎ tuḍbaṭī	تُضْبَطَ‎ tuḍbaṭa			تُضْبَطَا‎ tuḍbaṭā			تُضْبَطْنَ‎ tuḍbaṭna	يُضْبَطْنَ‎ yuḍbaṭna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُضْبَطْ‎ ʾuḍbaṭ	تُضْبَطْ‎ tuḍbaṭ	يُضْبَطْ‎ yuḍbaṭ		تُضْبَطَا‎ tuḍbaṭā	يُضْبَطَا‎ yuḍbaṭā		نُضْبَطْ‎ nuḍbaṭ	تُضْبَطُوا‎ tuḍbaṭū	يُضْبَطُوا‎ yuḍbaṭū
	f		تُضْبَطِي‎ tuḍbaṭī	تُضْبَطْ‎ tuḍbaṭ			تُضْبَطَا‎ tuḍbaṭā			تُضْبَطْنَ‎ tuḍbaṭna	يُضْبَطْنَ‎ yuḍbaṭna

Noun

ضَبْط • (ḍabṭ) m

1. verbal noun of ضَبَطَ (ḍabaṭa) (form I)
2. verification
3. apprehension
4. correction, rectification
5. correctness, accuracy, exactness

Declension

Declension of noun ضَبْط (ḍabṭ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَبْط ḍabṭ	الضَّبْط‎ aḍ-ḍabṭ	ضَبْط ḍabṭ
Nominative	ضَبْطٌ ḍabṭun	الضَّبْطُ‎ aḍ-ḍabṭu	ضَبْطُ ḍabṭu
Accusative	ضَبْطًا‎ ḍabṭan	الضَّبْطَ‎ aḍ-ḍabṭa	ضَبْطَ ḍabṭa
Genitive	ضَبْطٍ ḍabṭin	الضَّبْطِ‎ aḍ-ḍabṭi	ضَبْطِ ḍabṭi

Derived terms

• بالضبط‎

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: zəbt
• → Middle Armenian: զաւթ (zawtʿ), զաֆտ (zaft)
  • Armenian: զավթ (zavtʿ), զաֆթ (zaftʿ), զափտ (zapʿt)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ضبط‎
  • → Romanian: zapt
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: запт

    Latin: zapt

  • Turkish: zapt
• → Persian: ضبط‎
  • → Bengali: জব্দ (jôbd)
  • → Gujarati: જપ્ત (japt)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: ज़ब्त (zabt)

    Urdu: ضبط‎ (zabt)

  • → Marathi: जप्त (j̈apta)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi: ਜ਼ਬਤ (zabat)

    Shahmukhi: ضَبط‎ (ẓabt̤)

• → Uzbek: zabt

References

• “ضبط” in Almaany
• Баранов, Х. К. (2011), “ضبط”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “ضبط”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ضبط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ضَبَطَ‎ (ḍabaṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): /ˈðˤəbːətˤ/

Verb

ضَبَّط • (ḏ̣abbaṭ) (imperfect يضَبِّط‎ (yḏ̣abbiṭ))

1. to hook someone up (provide with needs, give special treatment, etc)
2. to hook up with someone (get acquainted with someone in order to form a romantic relationship)
3. to bring to order, to fix, to hook up

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Ottoman Turkish

Noun

ضبط • (zapt)

1. seizure

Descendants

• → Romanian: zapt
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: запт

  Latin: zapt

• Turkish: zapt

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Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /zabt/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /zabt/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /zæbt/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /zabt/

Noun

Dari	ضبط
Iranian Persian
Tajik	забт (zabt)

ضبط • (zabt) (plural ضبط‌ها‎ (zabt-hâ))

1. record
2. cassette, tape

Derived terms

• ضبط صوت‎ (zabt-e-sowt, “tape recorder”)

Descendants

• → Bengali: জব্দ (jôbd)
• → Gujarati: જપ્ત (japt)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ज़ब्त (zabt)

  Urdu: ضبط‎ (zabt)

• → Marathi: जप्त (j̈apta)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਜ਼ਬਤ (zabat)

  Shahmukhi: ضَبط‎ (ẓabt̤)

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South Levantine Arabic

Verb

ضبط • (ẓabaṭ) (form I, present بضبط‎ (boẓboṭ))

1. Alternative spelling of زبط‎ (ẓabaṭ)

Noun

ضبط • (ẓabṭ) m

1. Alternative spelling of زبط‎ (ẓabṭ)