قبضاي
Arabic
Etymology
From the Ottoman Turkish predecessor of Turkish kabadayı (“rowdy”). Associated by folk etymology with قَبَضَ (qabaḍa, “grab, grasp”), قَبْضَة (qabḍa, “fist”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qa.ba.dˤaːj/
Noun
قَبَضَاي • (qabaḍāy) m (plural قَبَضَايَات (qabaḍāyāt))
- (Levantine) bruiser, leg-breaker, bully boy, thug, rowdy
- Synonym: بَلْطَجِيّ (balṭajiyy)
Declension
Declension of noun قَبَضَاي (qabaḍāy)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | قَبَضَاي qabaḍāy | الْقَبَضَاي al-qabaḍāy | قَبَضَاي qabaḍāy |
Nominative | قَبَضَايٌ qabaḍāyun | الْقَبَضَايُ al-qabaḍāyu | قَبَضَايُ qabaḍāyu |
Accusative | قَبَضَايًا qabaḍāyan | الْقَبَضَايَ al-qabaḍāya | قَبَضَايَ qabaḍāya |
Genitive | قَبَضَايٍ qabaḍāyin | الْقَبَضَايِ al-qabaḍāyi | قَبَضَايِ qabaḍāyi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | قَبَضَايَيْن qabaḍāyayn | الْقَبَضَايَيْن al-qabaḍāyayn | قَبَضَايَيْ qabaḍāyay |
Nominative | قَبَضَايَانِ qabaḍāyāni | الْقَبَضَايَانِ al-qabaḍāyāni | قَبَضَايَا qabaḍāyā |
Accusative | قَبَضَايَيْنِ qabaḍāyayni | الْقَبَضَايَيْنِ al-qabaḍāyayni | قَبَضَايَيْ qabaḍāyay |
Genitive | قَبَضَايَيْنِ qabaḍāyayni | الْقَبَضَايَيْنِ al-qabaḍāyayni | قَبَضَايَيْ qabaḍāyay |
Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | قَبَضَايَات qabaḍāyāt | الْقَبَضَايَات al-qabaḍāyāt | قَبَضَايَات qabaḍāyāt |
Nominative | قَبَضَايَاتٌ qabaḍāyātun | الْقَبَضَايَاتُ al-qabaḍāyātu | قَبَضَايَاتُ qabaḍāyātu |
Accusative | قَبَضَايَاتٍ qabaḍāyātin | الْقَبَضَايَاتِ al-qabaḍāyāti | قَبَضَايَاتِ qabaḍāyāti |
Genitive | قَبَضَايَاتٍ qabaḍāyātin | الْقَبَضَايَاتِ al-qabaḍāyāti | قَبَضَايَاتِ qabaḍāyāti |