قدم

قِدَمٌ ذ Oldness; antiquity. ― -b2- Existence, or duration, or time, without beginning; like أَزَلٌ (Kull, p. 31; &c.) See أَزَلٌ. ― -b3- عَلَى وَجْهِ الدَّهْرِ: قِدَمُ الدَّهْرِ means properly the olden time; antiquity. ― -b4- علَىَ قِدَمِ الدَّهْرِ [ In, or from, old, or ancient, time; of old ]. (S, M, K, art. أس; in the first and last of which it is coupled with the like phrase.)