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Highlights
Plural
مَقَادِير
Most common words from the same root
مِقْدَار in English
Noun · masculine
- amount, quantity
Word origin
Tool noun from the root ق د ر (q d r).
Words from the root ق-د-ر
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
قَدَرَ
· present يَقْدِرُ
Form I · The plain action
to have power; to be equal to, to be up to; to be able to
أَقْدَرَ
· present يُقْدِرُ
Form IV · Causative
to cause one to have the means, to cause one to be able or capable; to empower, to enable, to render one prepared to handle
إِقْدَار
مُقْدِر
مُقْدَر
تَقَدَّرَ
· present يَتَقَدَّرُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to cause oneself to measure, reckon, or compute; to cause a thing to be prepared or be forethought of, to plan out
تَقَدُّر
مُتَقَدِّر
مُتَقَدَّر
اِقْتَدَرَ
· present يَقْتَدِرُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to be or become able, capable, solvent
اِقْتِدَار
ability
مُقْتَدِر
capable
مُقْتَدَر
اِسْتَقْدَرَ
· present يَسْتَقْدِرُ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to ask (God) for strength or ability
اِسْتِقْدَار
مُسْتَقْدِر
مُسْتَقْدَر
مِقْدَار: plural and other forms
| Singular | مِقْدَار |
|---|---|
| Plural | مَقَادِير |
مِقْدَار in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
أَهذَا الْمِقْدَارَ احْتَمَلْتُمْ عَبَثًا؟ إِنْ كَانَ عَبَثًا!Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.Galatians 3:4, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
صَائِرًا أَعْظَمَ مِنَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ بِمِقْدَارِ مَا وَرِثَ اسْمًا أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُمْ.Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.Hebrews 1:4, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فأَجَابَهَا بُطْرُسُ: «قُولِي لِي: أَبِهذَا الْمِقْدَارِ بِعْتُمَا الْحَقْلَ؟» فَقَالَتْ: «نَعَمْ، بِهذَا الْمِقْدَارِ».And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.Acts 5:8, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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