plug in Arabic: قابس (qābis) – meaning, pronunciation, examples

Other meanings

سَدَّادَة saddāda — plug · stopper, bung
سَدَّ sadda — to plug · to block, to plug up

How to use it

In Arabic, 'qābis' (قَابِس) specifically refers to an electrical plug that goes into a socket. 'Saddāda' (سَدَّادَة) is a more general term for a stopper or bung used to close an opening. The verb 'sadda' (سَدَّ) means to block or fill something up.

Example sentences

القَابِسُ لَا يَعْمَلُ.

al-qābis lā yaʿmalu.

The plug does not work.
ضَعْ سَدَّادَةً فِي الزُّجَاجَةِ.

ḍaʿ saddādatan fī az-zujājati.

Put a plug in the bottle.
يَجِبُ أَنْ نَسُدَّ الثُّقْبَ.

yajibu an nasudda ath-thuqba.

We must plug the hole.

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.

Plug-ins

ملحقات

Pulling the Plug on Lukashenko

إسدال الستار على لوكاشينكو

So anyone can plug him -- -- thank you.

أي بإمكان أي شخص برمجته

You plug them in. Off you jolly well go.

تضعهم و تنطلق بسرور

You can't just plug in infinity and see what happens.

لا يمكنك ان تتصل بما لا نهاية وترى ما يحدث

This is a robot that wants to plug itself in to get more power.

هذا روبوت يريد أن يربط نفسه للحصول على المزيد من الطاقة.

It doesn't plug in to what they suspected a flat universe would be.

لا يتوافق مع ما كانوا يظنون أن كونا مسطحا سيكون عليه.

The appliance's safe operating parameters are embedded into its plug.

معلمات التشغيل الآمنة للأجهزة المنزلية مضمّنة داخل المقبس.

Cocom provided an opportunity to settle squabbles and plug loopholes quietly.

ولقد قدمت تلك اللجنة الفرصة لتسوية النزاعات وسد الذرائع بهدوء.

And they thought, "Well, we've got electricity, we'll plug somebody into the wall.

و فكروا، "حسنا، عندنا كهرباء، سنوصل أحدهم إلى الكهرباء فى الحائط.

All the appliances plug in there. And you would just unscrew your light bulb if you wanted to plug in an appliance.

كل الأجهزة تُوصل بها هناك. وأنتم فقط تفكّون مصباحكم الكهربي إن كنتم تريدون وصل جهازٍ ما.

Now, you have the genome and you say to yourself, So, if I plug this synthetic genome -- if I pull the old one out and plug it in -- does it just boot up and live?

والآن، لديك هذا الجينوم بين يديك وتقول لنفسك إذا قمت باستبدال الجينوم الاصلي في البكتيريا بهذا الجينوم الصناعي.. هل ستبدأ العمل من جديد وتستطيع العيش؟

Questions and answers

What is the difference between 'qābis' and 'saddāda'?

'Qābis' is used for electrical plugs, while 'saddāda' is a general stopper or bung.

Can 'sadda' be used for plugging a hole?

Yes, the verb 'sadda' can be used to mean 'to plug' or 'to block' a hole.