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قَضَى

to decide

VerbForm IRoot ق-ض-ي

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Highlights

Present tense
يَقْضِي
Verbal nouns
قَضْي، قَضَاء
Active participle
Passive participle
مَقْضِيّ

Most common words from the same root

Noun
judge
Adjective
fatal
Noun
judgement
Verb · Form VII
اِنْقَضَى
to end
Verb · Form VI
تَقَاضَى
to process against

قَضَى in English

Verb · Form I

  1. to decide
  2. to decide upon, to resolve, to preordain, to ordain, to order, to prescribe, to determine
  3. to judge, to deliver sentence
    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْضِي بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَYour Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection about what they differed about.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 45:17
  4. to give (a) judgement, to pronoun judgement, to rule (in a case)
    فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْحَوَائِطِ حِفْظَهَا بِالنَّهَارِ.The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, ruled that the people of the gardens must protect them during the day.
    فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ.The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, gave a judgment to Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf.
  5. to condemn
  6. to impose
  7. to fulfill, to complete
  8. to carry out, to execute
  9. to spend, to pass (time)
    يقضي الطلاب وقتًا طويلًا في الدراسة للاستعداد للامتحان.Students spend a long time studying to prepare for the exam.
  10. to kill

Words from the root ق-ض-ي

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

قَضَى · present يَقْضِي

to decide; to decide upon, to resolve, to preordain, to ordain, to order, to prescribe, to determine; to judge, to deliver sentence

Verbal noun
judgement
قَضْي
Verbal noun
Active participle
judge
Active participle · Adjective
fatal
مَقْضِيّ
Passive participle
قَضَّى · present يُقَضِّي

to carry out, to execute, to perform, to effectuate, to accomplish

تَقْضِيَة
Verbal noun
مُقَضٍّ
Active participle
مُقَضًّى
Passive participle
قَاضَى · present يُقَاضِي

to summon before a judge, to bring before a court of justice, to arraign; to prosecute, to sue; to take legal action, to bring suit

مُقَاضَاة
Verbal noun
مُقَاضٍ
Active participle
مُقَاضًى
Passive participle
أَقْضَى · present يُقْضِي
Form IV · Causative

to charge with

إِقْضَاء
Verbal noun
مُقْضٍ
Active participle
مُقْضًى
Passive participle
تَقَضَّى · present يَتَقَضَّى

to be done, to pass

تَقَضٍّ
Verbal noun
مُتَقَضٍّ
Active participle
مُتَقَضًّى
Passive participle
تَقَاضَى · present يَتَقَاضَى
Form VI · Mutual action

to process against, litigate on, carry on a lawsuit; to lay claim on renumeration, call in, demand a payment, to get or receive (especially emolument, money owed)

تَقَاضٍ
Verbal noun
litigation
مُتَقَاضٍ
Active participle
مُتَقَاضًى
Passive participle
اِنْقَضَى · present يَنْقَضِي

to end, to be terminated, to pass

اِنْقِضَاء
Verbal noun
مُنْقَضٍ
Active participle
اِقْتَضَى · present يَقْتَضِي

to demand, to require

اِقْتِضَاء
Verbal noun
requiring
مُقْتَضٍ
Active participle
مُقْتَضًى
Passive participle
requirement
اِسْتَقْضَى · present يَسْتَقْضِي

to demand, to claim

اِسْتِقْضَاء
Verbal noun
مُسْتَقْضٍ
Active participle
مُسْتَقْضًى
Passive participle
Noun · f.
case

قَضَى conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iقَضَيْتُأَقْضِيأَقْضِيَأَقْضِ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)قَضَيْتَتَقْضِيتَقْضِيَتَقْضِاِقْضِ
أَنْتِ you (f.)قَضَيْتِتَقْضِينَتَقْضِيتَقْضِياِقْضِي
هُوَ heقَضَىيَقْضِييَقْضِيَيَقْضِ—
هِيَ sheقَضَتْتَقْضِيتَقْضِيَتَقْضِ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoقَضَيْتُمَاتَقْضِيَانِتَقْضِيَاتَقْضِيَااِقْضِيَا
هُمَا they two (m.)قَضَيَايَقْضِيَانِيَقْضِيَايَقْضِيَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)قَضَتَاتَقْضِيَانِتَقْضِيَاتَقْضِيَا—
نَحْنُ weقَضَيْنَانَقْضِينَقْضِيَنَقْضِ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)قَضَيْتُمْتَقْضُونَتَقْضُواتَقْضُوااِقْضُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)قَضَيْتُنَّتَقْضِينَتَقْضِينَتَقْضِينَاِقْضِينَ
هُمْ they (m.)قَضَوْايَقْضُونَيَقْضُوايَقْضُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)قَضَيْنَيَقْضِينَيَقْضِينَيَقْضِينَ—
Verbal nounقَضْي، قَضَاء
Active participleقَاضٍ
Passive participleمَقْضِيّ

قَضَى in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to judge

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْضِي بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَYour Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection about what they differed about.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 45:17

to give

فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْحَوَائِطِ حِفْظَهَا بِالنَّهَارِ.The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, ruled that the people of the gardens must protect them during the day.

to give

فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ.The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, gave a judgment to Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf.

to spend

يقضي الطلاب وقتًا طويلًا في الدراسة للاستعداد للامتحان.Students spend a long time studying to prepare for the exam.

From a fully vowelled text

وَقَضَى صَمُوئِيلُ لإِسْرَائِيلَ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ.And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.1 Samuel 7:15, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَقَضَى بَعْدَهُ لإِسْرَائِيلَ إِبْصَانُ مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ.And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.Judges 12:8, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
«أَاللهُ يُعَلَّمُ مَعْرِفَةً، وَهُوَ يَقْضِي عَلَى الْعَالِينَ؟Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.Job 21:22, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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