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قعد

Root entry · 33 derived lemmas

The root قعد (q-'-d) primarily relates to the concept of sitting, staying, or remaining in place. It extends to meanings of ceasing an action, being unable to move due to illness or weakness, and also encompasses terms for specific periods, groups of people, and even geographical features.

Derived headwords

قَعَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to sitboth

    To rest on one's buttocks or haunches; to be in a seated position.

  2. 2.
    to remain, stayboth

    To stay in a place or condition, not moving or proceeding.

  3. 3.
    to cease, stopboth

    To refrain from an action or movement.

  4. 4.
    to standclassical

    To rise or stand up.

  5. 5.
    to be immobileboth

    To be unable to move, often due to illness or weakness.

القُعُودnoun
  1. 1.
    sittingboth

    The act or state of sitting.

  2. 2.
    staying, remainingboth

    The act of staying in a place or condition.

المَقْعَدnoun
  1. 1.
    seatboth

    A place where one sits.

  2. 2.
    place of sittingboth

    The location where someone sits.

  3. 3.
    place of stayingboth

    A place where one remains or stays.

  4. 4.
    place of confinementclassical

    A place where one is confined, especially due to illness.

المَقْعَدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    seatboth

    A place where one sits.

  2. 2.
    place of sittingboth

    The location where someone sits.

  3. 3.
    place of stayingboth

    A place where one remains or stays.

قَعَدَ يَقْعُدُverb
  1. 1.
    to sitboth

    The present tense form of the verb 'to sit'.

قُعُودًاnoun
  1. 1.
    sittingboth

    The masdar (verbal noun) of قعد, meaning the act of sitting.

مَقْعَدًاnoun
  1. 1.
    sittingboth

    The masdar (verbal noun) of قعد, meaning the act of sitting.

القَعْدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sitting postureboth

    A type or manner of sitting, similar to جلسة (jalsah).

  2. 2.
    amount of spaceboth

    The amount of space occupied by someone sitting.

  3. 3.
    last childclassical

    The last child born to a parent, applicable to male, female, or plural.

  4. 4.
    well depthclassical

    The depth of a well, measured by the height of a seated person.

أَقْعَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to make sitboth

    To cause someone to sit down.

  2. 2.
    to immobilizeboth

    To cause someone to be unable to move, often due to illness.

  3. 3.
    to dig a well partiallyclassical

    To dig a well to the depth of a seated person or leave it at ground level.

ذو القِعْدَةname
  1. 1.
    Dhu al-Qi'dahboth

    The eleventh month of the Islamic lunar calendar, named because Arabs used to refrain from traveling and warfare during this month.

القَعْدnoun
  1. 1.
    those who stayed behindclassical

    A group of people who remained behind, especially from a military campaign or a cause.

  2. 2.
    those who do not fightclassical

    People who do not go to battle or participate in combat.

  3. 3.
    excrementclassical

    Feces or dung.

  4. 4.
    flaccidity of camel's legclassical

    A condition of looseness and weakness in a camel's leg.

قَعَدِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    follower of Kharijitesclassical

    One who holds the views of the Kharijites, particularly those who abstained from fighting.

  2. 2.
    unable, incapableclassical

    Lacking ability or strength, often due to a physical or moral defect.

قاعِدadjective
  1. 1.
    sittingboth

    Actively sitting.

  2. 2.
    staying, remainingboth

    Remaining in a place or condition.

  3. 3.
    immobileboth

    Unable to move, often due to illness.

  4. 4.
    barren (of a palm tree)classical

    A palm tree that fails to bear fruit in a given year.

  5. 5.
    infertile (of a woman)both

    A woman who has ceased bearing children or menstruating.

قَعَدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    seat, cushionboth

    A cushion or mat upon which one sits.

  2. 2.
    women's riding deviceclassical

    A type of saddle or riding apparatus for women.

المَقْعَدَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    frogsclassical

    Frogs, likely due to their habit of sitting or remaining in place near water.

قاعِدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rule, principleboth

    A fundamental principle or established procedure.

  2. 2.
    baseboth

    The bottom or foundation of something.

  3. 3.
    old womanboth

    An elderly woman, especially one who has passed menopause.

  4. 4.
    parts of a howdahclassical

    The four crossbeams beneath a howdah (a seat for riding on a camel or elephant).

قَاعِدَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    old womenboth

    Plural of قاعدة (qāʿidah), referring to elderly women.

قَعَدِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    incapable, weakclassical

    Lacking strength or ability, often due to lineage or character.

قَعِيدnoun
  1. 1.
    companionclassical

    One who sits with another; a companion or associate.

  2. 2.
    weaklingclassical

    A weak or feeble person.

قَعْدَدnoun
  1. 1.
    close paternal lineageclassical

    Having a close relationship to the great-grandfather in paternal lineage; a sign of strong kinship.

  2. 2.
    cowardly, baseclassical

    A person who is cowardly and base in lineage.

أَقْعَدadjective
  1. 1.
    close paternal lineageclassical

    Having a close relationship to the great-grandfather in paternal lineage.

قَعْدُودnoun
  1. 1.
    close paternal lineageclassical

    Having a close relationship to the great-grandfather in paternal lineage.

مُقْعَدadjective
  1. 1.
    paralyzed, immobileclassical

    Unable to move due to a chronic illness or condition.

قَعَدَ عَنِverb
  1. 1.
    to refrain fromboth

    To cease from doing something or to abstain from it.

  2. 2.
    to be unable toboth

    To be incapable of doing something.

قَعَدَ لِـverb
  1. 1.
    to prepare forclassical

    To prepare oneself or make ready for something, especially war.

  2. 2.
    to be able to matchclassical

    To be capable of matching or confronting someone or something.

قَعَدَتِ الْفَسِيلَةُverb
  1. 1.
    a shoot developed a trunkclassical

    A young palm shoot developed a trunk.

قَاعِدٌ مِنَ النَّخْلِnoun
  1. 1.
    date palm reachable by handclassical

    A date palm whose fruit is within reach of a person's hand.

قَاعِدٌ مِنَ النِّسَاءِnoun
  1. 1.
    woman past childbearingboth

    A woman who has ceased menstruating and bearing children.

قَوَاعِدُ الْبُيُوتِnoun
  1. 1.
    foundations of housesboth

    The foundational structures of buildings.

قَعَدِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    lazy, incapableclassical

    A person characterized by laziness or inability, often related to lineage.

قَعْدَدٌnoun
  1. 1.
    distant paternal lineageclassical

    Having a distant relationship to the great-grandfather in paternal lineage; considered less desirable.

إِقْعَادnoun
  1. 1.
    lack of ancestorsclassical

    Having few ancestors or a short lineage.

مُقْعَدُ النَّسَبِadjective
  1. 1.
    short lineageclassical

    Having a short or insignificant paternal lineage.

Parallel reading

القعود والمقعد: الجلوس
Al-qu'ūd and al-maq'ad: sitting.
قعد يقعد قعودا ومقعدا
Qaa'ada yaq'udu qu'ūdan wa maq'adan.
وهناك قول آخر، وهو عكس قول الخليل
And there is another opinion, which is the opposite of Al-Khalil's statement.
فالعمدة على نحوه وآرائه النظرية أكثر
So the reliance is more on his method and theoretical opinions.
وقعد به: أقعده
And 'qaa'ada bihi' means: he made him sit.
المقعد والمقعدة: مكانه أي القعود
Al-maq'ad and al-maq'adah: his place of sitting.
وحكى اللحياني: ارزن في مقعدك ومقعدتك
And Al-Lihyani narrated: 'Be firm in your seat and your place of sitting.'
وقالوا: هو مني مقععد القابلة، أي في القرب
And they said: 'He is to me like the midwife's seat, meaning in proximity.'
والقعدة، بالكسر: نوع منه، أي القعود، كالجلسة
And al-qa'dah, with damma: a type of it, meaning sitting, like al-jalsah.
يقال: قعد قعدة الدب
It is said: 'He sat like a bear.'
والقعدة: آخر ولدك
And al-qa'dah: your last child.
أقعد البئر: حفرها قدر قعدة
Aq'ada al-bi'r: he dug it to the depth of a qadah.
بئر قعدة، أي طولها طول إنسان قاعد
A qaa'idah well, meaning its length is the length of a seated person.
وذو القعدة، بالفتح ويكسر: شهر يلي شوالا
And Dhu al-Qi'dah, with fatha and damma: a month following Shawwal.
كانوا يقعدون فيه عنه الأسفار والغزو والميرة وطلب الكلإ
They used to refrain from traveling, raiding, and seeking sustenance during it.
والقعد، محركة: جمع قاعد
And al-qa'd, harakah: plural of qaa'id.
وهو من القعدة قوم من الخوارج قعدوا عن نصرة علي
And among the Qa'd are a group from the Kharijites who stayed behind from supporting Ali.
ومن يرى رأيهم قعدي، محركة
And whoever holds their opinion is a qa'adi, harakah.
القعد: الذين لا ديوان لهم
Al-qa'd: those who have no register (of service).
القعد: الذين لا يمضون إلى القتال
Al-qa'd: those who do not go to battle.
القعد: العذرة والطوف
Al-qa'd: excrement and dung.
جمل أقعد، من ذالك
An aq'ad camel, from that.
والقعدة، بهاء: مركب للنساء
And al-qa'dah, with haa': a riding device for women.
ضربة ابنة اقعدى وقومي
A blow like that of 'ibnat aq'adi wa qumi' (a slave girl ordered to sit and stand).
وبه قعاد، بالضم، وإقعاد أي، داء يقعده
And he has qaa'ad, with damma, and iq'aad, meaning a disease that immobilizes him.
المقعد: الذي لا يقدر على القيام لزمانة به
Al-maq'ad: one who cannot stand due to chronic illness.
أسهرتني المقعدات، وهي الضفادع
The muq'idat kept me awake, and they are the frogs.
جعل ذو الرمة فراخ القطا قبحل أن تنهض مقعدات
Dhu al-Rummah described the chicks of the sandgrouse as unable to rise, as muq'idat.
قعد الرجل: قام
Qaa'ada al-rajul: he stood up.
قعد: جلس، فهو ضد
Qaa'ada: he sat, so it is its opposite.
قعدت الرخمة، إذا جثمت
The vulture sat, when it crouched.
قعدت النخلة: حملت سنة ولم تحمل أخرى
The palm tree became qaa'idah: it bore fruit one year and not another.
قعد فلان بقرنة: أطاقه
So-and-so qaa'ada bi-qarnatihi: he could bear it.
قعد بنو فلان لبني فلان يقعدون: أطاقوهم وجاءوهم بأعدادهم
The sons of so-and-so confronted the sons of so-and-so, they could match them and came with their numbers.
قعد للحرب هيأ لها أقرانها
He qaa'ada lil-harb: he prepared its equals for war.
ستقعد عبد الله عنا بنهشل أي ستطيقها بأقرانها فتكفينا نحن الحرب
'You will qaa'ada Abdullah from us, Ibn Nahshal' means you will be able to match it with its equals, so you will suffice us from the war.
قعدت الفسيلة: صار لها جذع تقعد عليه
The palm shoot qaa'adat: it developed a trunk upon which it could sit.
في أرض فلان من القاعد كذا وكذا أصلا
In the land of so-and-so, there are so many original (date palms) from al-qaa'id.
القاعد: الجوالق الممتلىء حبا
Al-qaa'id: a sack full of grain.
القاعد من النساء: التي قعدت عن الولد وعن الحيض وعن الزوج
Al-qaa'idah among women: she who has ceased bearing children, menstruating, and having a husband.
والقواعد من النساء
And al-qawaa'id among women.
إنا معاشر النساء محصورات قواعد بيوتكم، وحوامل أولادكم
We, O women, are confined to your homes and are carriers of your children.
القواعد: جمع قاعد، وهي المرأة الكبيرة المسنة
Al-qawaa'id: plural of qaa'idah, meaning an old woman.
قواعد الهودج: خشبات أربع معترضة تحته ركب فيهن الهودج
Qawaa'id al-hawdaj: four crossbeams beneath it on which the howdah is placed.
ورجل قعدي، بالضم والكسر: عاجز
And a man qa'adi, with damma and kasr: incapable.
فلان قعيد النسب ذو قعدد
So-and-so is qaa'eed al-nasab, dhu qaa'dad.
وهو أملك القرابة في النسب
And he is the most powerful in kinship in lineage.
وفلان أقعد من فلان، أي أقربخ منه إلى جده الأكبر
And so-and-so is aq'ad than so-and-so, meaning closer to his great-grandfather.
رجل ذو قعدد، إذا كان قريبا من القبيلة والعدد فيه قلة
A man dhu qaa'dad, if he is close to the tribe and the number is small.
والقعدد: البعيد الآباء منه، أي من الجد الأكبر وهو مذموم
And al-qa'dad: distant fathers from him, meaning from the great-grandfather, and it is blameworthy.
وكان عبد الصمد بن علي بن عبد الله الهاشمي أقعد بني العباس نسبا في زمانه
And Abd al-Samad bin Ali bin Abdullah al-Hashimi was the aq'ad of the Abbasids in lineage in his time.
ورجل مقعد النسب: قصيره
And a man muq'ad al-nasab: short of lineage.
ورث فلان بالإقعاد، ولا يقال: ورهث بالقعود
So-and-so inherited through iq'aad, and it is not said: he inherited through qu'ood.
القعدد: الجبان اللئيم في حسبه القاعد عن الحرب والمكارم
Al-qa'dad: the cowardly, base one in lineage, who stays away from war and noble deeds.
القعدد: الخامل
Al-qa'dad: the obscure one.
رجل قعدد وقعدد: إذا كان لئيما، من الحسب المقعد
A man qa'dad and qa'dad: if he is base, from a base lineage.