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قدد

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

The root قدد primarily relates to the concept of cutting, splitting, or dividing, often lengthwise. It extends to meanings of shaping, forming, and also describes physical attributes like stature and appearance. Figuratively, it can denote separation, distribution, or even a state of being prepared or sufficient.

Derived headwords

قَدَّverb
  1. 1.
    a particle that only enters upon verbs, and it is an answer to your saying 'when he does'both

    a particle that only enters upon verbs, and it is an answer to your saying 'when he does'

  2. 2.
    meaning 'perhaps'both

    meaning 'perhaps'

قَدّnoun
  1. 1.
    a particle that only enters upon verbs, and it is an answer to your saying 'when he does'both

    a particle that only enters upon verbs, and it is an answer to your saying 'when he does'

  2. 2.
    meaning 'perhaps'both

    meaning 'perhaps'

قَدَدْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I cut lengthwiseboth

    The first-person singular past tense of the verb 'to cut lengthwise'.

أَقُدُّverb
  1. 1.
    I cut lengthwiseboth

    The first-person singular present tense of the verb 'to cut lengthwise'.

انْقَدَّverb
  1. 1.
    to split, to be splitboth

    The passive or intransitive form meaning to split or to be split open.

انْقِدَادnoun
  1. 1.
    splitting, cleavageboth

    The act or state of splitting or being split.

قِدَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    exampleboth

    example

أَقْدَادnoun
  1. 1.
    groups (of people)both

    Plural of قِدَّة, referring to groups or factions of people.

  2. 2.
    strips of leatherclassical

    Plural of قِدَّة, referring to strips of leather.

قَدَادnoun
  1. 1.
    skin of young goatsclassical

    A large collection or plural of the skin of young goats.

قَدِيدnoun
  1. 1.
    dried meatboth

    Meat that has been dried or cured.

  2. 2.
    worn-out garmentboth

    An old, worn-out, or tattered piece of clothing.

تَقَدَّدَverb
  1. 1.
    to disperse, to scatterboth

    A group of people dispersing or scattering.

اقْتَدَّverb
  1. 1.
    to manage, to discernboth

    To manage affairs, to discern or distinguish between things.

قُدَيْدname
  1. 1.
    Qudayd (place name)classical

    A place name in the Hijaz region, a diminutive form.

قَدَّادnoun
  1. 1.
    stomach acheclassical

    A pain or ailment in the stomach.

مِقْدَادname
  1. 1.
    Miqdad (proper name)both

    A male given name, notably borne by a companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

مَقْعَدnoun
  1. 1.
    level ground, plainboth

    A flat, level area of ground; a plain or basin.

قَدْparticle
  1. 1.
    a particle that only enters upon verbs, and it is an answer to your saying 'when he does'both

    a particle that only enters upon verbs, and it is an answer to your saying 'when he does'

  2. 2.
    meaning 'perhaps'both

    meaning 'perhaps'

قَدْكَname
  1. 1.
    meaning 'enough for you'both

    meaning 'enough for you'

قَدْنِيverb
  1. 1.
    it suffices meclassical

    An irregular formation meaning 'it suffices me', with the 'ni' suffix added unusually.

Parallel reading

قددت السير وغيره أقده قدا.
I cut the strap and other things, I cut it lengthwise with a cutting.
وقد المسافر المفازة.
And the traveler traversed the desert.
والانقداد: الانشقاق.
And al-inqidad: the splitting.
والقد أيضا: جلد السخلة الماعزة، والجمع القليل أقد والكثير قداد.
And al-qadd also: the skin of a young goat, and the small plural is aqd and the large plural is qidad.
ما يجعل قدك إلى أديمك.
What makes your stature (or importance) equal to your skin (i.e., what makes you think you are important).
والقد: القامة، والتقطيع.
And al-qadd: the stature, and the cutting/shaping.
يقال: قد فلان قد السيف، أي جعل حسن التقطيع.
It is said: So-and-so's stature is like the stature of a sword, meaning he has a good shape/cut.
والقد، بالكسر: سير يقد من جلد غير مدبوغ.
And al-qidd, with kasra: a strap that is cut from undressed leather.
والقدة أخص منه، والجمع أقد.
And al-qiddah is more specific than it, and the plural is aqd.
والقدة أيضا: الطريقة، والفرقة من الناس إذا كان هوى كل واحد على حدة.
And al-qiddah also: the manner, and a group of people when each one's inclination is separate.
يقال: كنا طرائق قددا.
It is said: We were in diverse ways/groups.
وماله قد ولا قحف.
And he has neither a qadd (leather container) nor a quhf (wooden vessel).
والقديد: اللحم المقدد، والثوب الخلق.
And al-qadid: dried meat, and an old garment.
وتقدد القوم: تفرقوا.
And the people dispersed: they scattered.
واقتد فلان الأمور، إذا دبرها وميزها.
And so-and-so managed the affairs, if he organized and distinguished them.
والقداد: وجع البطن.
And al-qaddad: stomach ache.
والمقداد: اسم رجل من الصحابة.
And al-Miqdad: the name of a man from the companions.
والمقد بالفتح: القاع، وهو المكان المستوي.
And al-maqd, with fatha: the basin, which is the level place.
وقد يكون قد بمعنى ربما، قال الشاعر عبيد ابن الابرص:
And qad can mean perhaps, said the poet 'Ubayd ibn al-Abraṣ:
قد أترك القرن مصفرا أنامله * كأن أثوابه مجت بفرصاد.
Perhaps I leave the adversary with yellowed fingertips * as if his clothes were washed with madder.
فأما قولهم: قدك بمعنى حسبك، فهو اسم.
As for their saying: qadk meaning hasbk (enough for you), it is a noun.
تقول: قدي وقدني أيضا بالنون على غير قياس.
You say: qadi, and also qadni, non-standardly.
قدنى من نصر الخبيبين قدى.
It has sufficed me from the victory of the two beloved ones, it has sufficed.