قَاعِدَة

قَاعِدَة in English

Noun · feminine

1. foundation, groundwork, fundament, basis
   قَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَى اللَّهُ بُنْيَانَهُم مِّنَ الْقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّقْفُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَأَتَاهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَIndeed, those before them had plotted, but Allah struck at the ˹very˺ foundation of their structure, so the roof collapsed on top of them, and the torment came upon them from where they did not expect.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:26
2. base, headquarters
3. precept, rule, principle
4. formula, theorem, maxim
   قَاعِدَةُ فِيثَاغُورَسَPythagorean formula, Pythagorean theorem
5. basis
6. base
7. base (a compound that can accept a proton)
8. rule
   قَاعِدَةُ الْمُضَارِعِ الْمُسْتَمِرِّthe present continuous rule
9. support, socle, pedestal
10. chassis, undercarriage
11. method, manner, mode
12. model, pattern

Word origin

From the verb قَعَدَ (qaʕada, “to sit down, to lie in wait, to waylay”), root ق ع د (q ʕ d).

Words from the root ق-ع-د

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قَاعِدَة: plural and other forms

قَاعِدَة in a sentence

Dictionary examples

foundation

formula

rule