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ق-د-م

The Arabic root ق-د-م (q-d-m)

Core idea: coming forward, advancing; precedence; the foot

30 words in the dictionary are built from ق-د-م, including verbs in Forms I, II, IV, V, VI, X. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Adjective
coming
Verb · Form II
to introduce
Adjective
old
Noun
foot
Verb · Form V
to precede
Noun
front part
Noun
preeminence
Noun
one arriving

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

قَدِمَ · present يَقْدَمُ
Form I · The plain action

to return (from a journey)]; to come to, to arrive at, to reach; to step up to (إِلَى (ʔilā) something)

مَقْدَم
Verbal noun
قُدُوم
Verbal noun
قِدْمَان
Verbal noun
Active participle
coming
Active participle
one arriving
مَقْدُوم
Passive participle
قَدَمَ · present يَقْدُمُ
Form I · The plain action

to precede

قَدْم
Verbal noun
قُدُوم
Verbal noun
قَادِم
Active participle
مَقْدُوم
Passive participle
قَدُمَ · present يَقْدُمُ
Form I · The plain action

to be old, to be ancient

قِدَم
Verbal noun
Active participle
old
قَدَّمَ · present يُقَدِّمُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to introduce (someone to someone else); to let precede, to make precede, to send ahead, to dispatch; to set forth beforehand, to place at the front, to place at the head

تَقْدِيم
Verbal noun
introduction
تَقْدِمَة
Verbal noun
مُقَدِّم
Active participle
مُقَدَّم
Passive participle
chief
أَقْدَمَ · present يُقْدِمُ
Form IV · Causative

to dare; to undertake, to venture, to risk

إِقْدَام
Verbal noun
putting forward
مُقْدِم
Active participle
مُقْدَم
Passive participle
تَقَدَّمَ · present يَتَقَدَّمُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to precede; to proceed

Verbal noun
preeminence
مُتَقَدِّم
Active participle
preceding
مُتَقَدَّم
Passive participle
تَقَادَمَ · present يَتَقَادَمُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to be ancient, to be old

تَقَادُم
Verbal noun
obsolescence
مُتَقَادِم
Active participle
اِسْتَقْدَمَ · present يَسْتَقْدِمُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to summon, to ask to come; to go before, to precede; to want to take the lead

اِسْتِقْدَام
Verbal noun
مُسْتَقْدِم
Active participle
مُسْتَقْدَم
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Noun
foot
Noun
front part
أَقْدَم
Adjective
earlier
قِدْم
Adverb
time long past
قُدُم
Adverb
straight ahead
تَقَدُّمِيّ
Adjective
progressive
قَيْدُوم
Noun
front
قَيْدَام
Noun
front
مِقْدَام
Adjective
bold
أَقْدَمِيَّة
Noun
seniority

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