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قوم

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of standing, rising, or being upright. It extends to notions of a group of people, establishing something, enduring, and rectitude or straightness. It also encompasses related ideas like a single instance of standing, a place of standing, and the value or worth of something.

Derived headwords

القَوْمnoun
  1. 1.
    the people: sleepboth

    the people: sleep

  2. 2.
    men, excluding womenboth

    men, excluding women

وما أدري وسوف إخال أدري أقوم آل حصن أم نساء — And I do not know, and soon I think I know, whether the people of the family of Hisn are men or women.
لا يسخر قوم من قوم — Let not people mock other people.
أَقْوَامnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of 'qawm'both

    plural of 'qawm'

أَقَاوِمnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of the plural (of 'qawm')both

    plural of the plural (of 'qawm')

فإن يعذر القلب العشية في الصبا فؤادك لا يعذرك فيه الأقاوم — If the heart excuses you in the evening for youthful passion, your mind will not excuse you in it, O groups of people.
أَقَايِمnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of the plural (of 'qawm')both

    plural of the plural (of 'qawm')

قَامَverb
  1. 1.
    he stood, he roseboth

    he stood, he rose

  2. 2.
    he undertook such and such a matterboth

    he undertook such and such a matter

وقام بأمر كذا — And he undertook such and such a matter.
وقام الماء: جمد — And the water stood: it froze.
وقامت الدابة: وقفت — And the mount stood: it stopped.
قامت السوق: نفقت — The market stood: it was in demand.
قِيَامnoun
  1. 1.
    standingboth

    The act of standing; a single instance of standing.

  2. 2.
    establishmentboth

    The act of establishing or setting up.

وقام الرجل قياما — And the man stood a standing.
قَوْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    one timeboth

    A single instance or occurrence of standing.

قَاوَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to resistboth

    To oppose or contend with someone, such as in wrestling or war.

قاومه في المصارعة وغيرها — He resisted him in wrestling and other things.
تقاوموا في الحرب، أي قام بعضهم لبعض — They resisted each other in war, meaning some of them stood against others.
أَقَامَverb
  1. 1.
    he resided in the place, a residenceboth

    he resided in the place, a residence

أقام بالمكان إقامة — He resided in the place for a residence.
وأقامه من موضعه — And he raised him from his place.
وأقام الشئ، أي أدامه، من قوله تعالى: (ويقيمون الصلاة) — And he made the thing endure, meaning he perpetuated it, from His saying, 'and they establish the prayer'.
إِقَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    he made him stand from his placeboth

    he made him stand from his place

مَقَامnoun
  1. 1.
    with damma: meaning no residence for youboth

    with damma: meaning no residence for you

لا مقام لكم — There is no place for you.
حسنت مستقرا ومقاما — It is good as a resting place and a standing place.
عفت الديار محلها فمقامها — The dwellings have vanished, their place and their abode.
مَقَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gatheringboth

    A gathering or assembly of people.

  2. 2.
    residenceboth

    A place of dwelling or staying.

  3. 3.
    sessionboth

    A place where one sits or gathers.

قِيْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    valueboth

    The worth or price of something; it is derived from 'qawm' because it stands in place of something else.

  2. 2.
    priceboth

    The amount for which something can be bought or sold.

قومت السلعة — I appraised the commodity.
اسْتَقَامَverb
  1. 1.
    from its word, if it is for humans, mentioning the commodityboth

    from its word, if it is for humans, mentioning the commodity

الاستقامة: الاعتدال — Straightness: being upright.
استقام له الأمر — The matter became right for him.
فاستقيموا إليه — So be steadfast towards Him.
قَوِيمadjective
  1. 1.
    meaning straight, uprightboth

    meaning straight, upright

قومته فهو قويم، أي مستقيم — I made it straight, so it is straight, meaning upright.
قِيَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    resurrectionboth

    The Day of Resurrection.

ويوم القيامة معروف — And the Day of Resurrection is known.
قَوَامnoun
  1. 1.
    justiceboth

    Equity, fairness, or moderation.

  2. 2.
    statureboth

    A person's height or good proportion.

  3. 3.
    systemboth

    The order or foundation of a matter.

وكان بين ذلك قواما — And there was between that an equilibrium.
وقوام الرجل أيضا: قامته وحسن طوله — And a man's qawam is also his stature and his good height.
وقوام الأمر بالكسر: نظامه وعماده — And the qawam of a matter (with kasr) is its system and its support.
قَوْمِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    statureboth

    A person's height and good proportion.

أيام كنت حسن القومية — The days when I had good stature.
قِيَامnoun
  1. 1.
    supportboth

    That by which something is sustained or maintained.

ولا تؤتوا السفهاء أموالكم التي جعل الله لكم قياما — And do not give to the weak-minded your property which Allah has made for you a means of sustenance.
قَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pulleyclassical

    A pulley with its apparatus.

  2. 2.
    statureboth

    A person's height or build.

والقامة: البكرة بأداتها — And the qamah: the pulley with its apparatus.
وقامة الإنسان: قده، وتجمع على قامات وقيم — And the stature of a person: his height, and it is pluralized as qamat and qiyam.
قَائِمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    handleboth

    The hilt or handle of a sword.

  2. 2.
    legboth

    One of the legs of an animal.

وقائم السيف وقائمته: مقبضه — And the qaim of the sword and its qaimah: its handle.
والقائمة: واحدة قوائم الدواب — And the qaimah: one of the legs of animals.
مُقَوِّمnoun
  1. 1.
    braceclassical

    A piece of wood used by a farmer to hold something.

والمقوم: الخشبة التى يمسكها الحراث — And the muqawwim: the piece of wood that the farmer holds.
قَوَامnoun
  1. 1.
    diseaseclassical

    An ailment affecting the legs of a sheep, preventing it from standing.

القوام: داء يأخذ الشاة في قوائمها تقوم منه — The qawam: a disease that affects the sheep in its legs, from which it cannot stand.
القَيُّومname
  1. 1.
    a name of Allah, the Exaltedboth

    a name of Allah, the Exalted

قَائِمadjective
  1. 1.
    livingboth

    Alive, enduring.

الحى القيام — The Living, the Everlasting.

Parallel reading

وما أدري وسوف إخال أدري أقوم آل حصن أم نساء
And I do not know, and soon I think I know, whether the people of the family of Hisn are men or women.
لا يسخر قوم من قوم
Let not people mock other people.
ولا نساء من نساء
Nor women mock other women.
وكذب به قومك
And your people denied it.
فكذبت قوم نوح
The people of Noah denied it.
فإن يعذر القلب العشية في الصبا فؤادك لا يعذرك فيه الأقاوم
If the heart excuses you in the evening for youthful passion, your mind will not excuse you in it, O groups of people.
وقام الرجل قياما
And the man stood a standing.
وقام بأمر كذا
And he undertook such and such a matter.
وقام الماء: جمد
And the water stood: it froze.
وقامت الدابة: وقفت
And the mount stood: it stopped.
قامت السوق: نفقت
The market stood: it was in demand.
قاومه في المصارعة وغيرها
He resisted him in wrestling and other things.
تقاوموا في الحرب، أي قام بعضهم لبعض
They resisted each other in war, meaning some of them stood against others.
أقام بالمكان إقامة
He resided in the place for a residence.
وأقامه من موضعه
And he raised him from his place.
ويقيمون الصلاة
And they establish the prayer.
لا مقام لكم
There is no place for you.
حسنت مستقرا ومقاما
It is good as a resting place and a standing place.
عفت الديار محلها فمقامها
The dwellings have vanished, their place and their abode.
قومت السلعة
I appraised the commodity.
استقام له الأمر
The matter became right for him.
فاستقيموا إليه
So be steadfast towards Him.
وكان بين ذلك قواما
And there was between that an equilibrium.
ولا تؤتوا السفهاء أموالكم التي جعل الله لكم قياما
And do not give to the weak-minded your property which Allah has made for you a means of sustenance.