English → Arabic
catch in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- yamsiku
- Arabizi
ymsk- Type
- verb
- Root
- م س ك
How to use it
"يمسك" is the third‑person masculine singular present form meaning "to hold or catch". It is used for physically grasping something or figuratively for catching a train, a cold, etc. The verb pattern is مَفْعُول.
Example sentences
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حَاوَلَ أَنْ يَمْسِكَ السَّمَكَةَ بِيَدِهِ.
ḥāwala an yamsika as-samakata biyadihi.
He tried to catch the fish with his hand.
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يَجِبُ أَنْ تَمْسِكَ الْقَطَّةَ لِتَتَجَنَّبَ هَرَبَهَا.
yajibu an tamsika al-qaṭṭata litatajannaba harabiha.
You must catch the cat to prevent its escape.
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الْحَافِظُ يَمْسِكُ البَطَاقَةَ لِلتَّفْتِيْحِ.
al-ḥāfiẓu yamsiku al-baṭāqata lit-taftīḥ.
The guard catches the card to open it.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
A Greek Catch-22
المعضلة اليونانية
I often catch colds.
كثيراً ما أصاب بالزكام.
You will catch cold.
ستصاب بالبرد هكذا.
But there is a catch.
ولكن الأمر لا يخلو من قدر من التضليل.
Did you catch the train?!
هل لحقتَ بالقطار؟
No one could catch the dog.
لم يتمكّن أحد من إلقاء القبض على ذلك الكلب.
Teacher: You can't catch me.
المُدَرّسة: لا يمكنك إمساكي.
But Google’s plan had a catch.
ولكن خطة جوجل تواجه مشكلة.
Reality will catch up with us.
وإذا واصلنا العمل بهذا المنهج فلسوف يدهمنا الواقع.
Catch up with her tweets here.
يمكنكم متابعتها هنا.
Fisheries by-catch and discards
المصيد العرضي والمرتجع
Political institutions needed to catch up.
وكان لزاماً على المؤسسات السياسية أن تلحق بالركب.
Questions and answers
Is there a colloquial form for "catch"?
In many dialects people say "يقبض" (yiqbiḍ) or "يَصطاد" (yiṣṭād).
Can "يمسك" be used for catching a disease?
Yes, you can say "يمسك بالزكام" (catches a cold).
Related words and expressions
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