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قَامَ

to get up

VerbForm IRoot ق-و-م

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Present tense
يَقُومُ
Verbal nouns
قَوْم، قَامَة، قِيَام
Active participle
قَائِم
Passive participle
مَقُوم

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
قَائِم
vertical
Verb · Form IV
أَقَامَ
to raise
Noun
قِيمَة
value
Verb · Form III
قَاوَمَ
to withstand
Adjective
مُسْتَقِيم
straight
Noun
تَقْيِيم
evaluation

قَامَ in English

Verb · Form I

  1. to stand up (to rise from lying or sitting position); to get up
  2. to do, to undertake, to take upon oneself
    أَتَقُومُ بِتَمَارِينِ الرِّيَاضَةِ؟Do you do (sport) exercises?
  3. to engage in (constructed with
    فَهُمْ عَبَدُوا الْأَصْنَامَ وَقامُوا بِمُمَارَسَاتٍ مُنْحَطَّةٍ أُخْرَى.They worshiped idols and engaged in other degenerated practices.
  4. to rise from the dead
    يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَOn the day people will rise up to the Lord of the worlds.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 83:6
  5. to be based on

Word origin

Inherited from Proto-Semitic. Compare Hebrew קָם (kam), Ge'ez ቆመ (ḳomä), Classical Syriac ܩܳܡ, Ugaritic 𐎖𐎎 (qm).

Words from the root ق-و-م

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قَامَ · present يَقُومُ
Form I · The plain action

to stand up (to rise from lying or sitting position); to get up; to do, to undertake, to take upon oneself; to engage in (constructed with

مَقَام
Verbal noun
place
قَامَة
Verbal noun
a fathom
قَوْم
Verbal noun
قِيَام
Verbal noun
قَائِم
Active participle · Adjective
vertical
مَقُوم
Passive participle
قَوَّمَ · present يُقَوِّمُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to raise; to evaluate; to adjust

تَقْوِيم
Verbal noun
calendar
مُقَوِّم
Active participle
مُقَوَّم
Passive participle
قَاوَمَ · present يُقَاوِمُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to withstand, to resist

مُقَاوَمَة
Verbal noun
resistance
قِوَام
Verbal noun
مُقَاوِم
Active participle · Adjective
resisting
مُقَاوِم
Active participle
resistor
مُقَاوَم
Passive participle
أَقَامَ · present يُقِيمُ
Form IV · Causative

to raise, to lift; to set up, to erect; to establish, to found

إِقَامَة
Verbal noun
staying
مُقَام
Verbal noun
residence
إِقَام
Verbal noun
مُقِيم
Active participle · Adjective
dwelling
مُقِيم
Active participle
resident
مُقَام
Passive participle
اِسْتَقَامَ · present يَسْتَقِيمُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to rise, to stand up; to straighten up, to become erect; to be or become straight

اِسْتِقَامَة
Verbal noun
verbal noun of اِسْتَقَامَ
مُسْتَقِيم
Active participle · Adjective
straight
مُسْتَقِيم
Active participle
rectum
مُسْتَقَام
Passive participle
قَامَ مَقَامَهُ
Form

to take someone's place, to substitute

قِيمَة
Noun · f.
value
تَقْيِيم
Noun · m.
evaluation
قَوْمِيّ
Adjective
national
قَوْمِيّ
Noun · m.
nationalist
قَائِمَة
Noun · f.
list
قِيَامَة
Noun · f.
resurrection
قَوْمَة
Noun · f.
instance noun of قَامَ
قَيِّم
Adjective
valuable
مَقَامَة
Noun · f.
maqama
الرُّكْن وَٱلمَقَام
Noun
the corner and the shrine

قَامَ conjugation

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

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iقُمْتُأَقُومُأَقُومَأَقُمْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)قُمْتَتَقُومُتَقُومَتَقُمْقُمْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)قُمْتِتَقُومِينَتَقُومِيتَقُومِيقُومِي
هُوَ heقَامَيَقُومُيَقُومَيَقُمْ—
هِيَ sheقَامَتْتَقُومُتَقُومَتَقُمْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoقُمْتُمَاتَقُومَانِتَقُومَاتَقُومَاقُومَا
هُمَا they two (m.)قَامَايَقُومَانِيَقُومَايَقُومَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)قَامَتَاتَقُومَانِتَقُومَاتَقُومَا—
نَحْنُ weقُمْنَانَقُومُنَقُومَنَقُمْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)قُمْتُمْتَقُومُونَتَقُومُواتَقُومُواقُومُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)قُمْتُنَّتَقُمْنَتَقُمْنَتَقُمْنَقُمْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)قَامُوايَقُومُونَيَقُومُوايَقُومُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)قُمْنَيَقُمْنَيَقُمْنَيَقُمْنَ—
Verbal nounقَوْم، قَامَة، قِيَام، مَقَام
Active participleقَائِم
Passive participleمَقُوم

قَامَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to do

أَتَقُومُ بِتَمَارِينِ الرِّيَاضَةِ؟Do you do (sport) exercises?

to engage in

فَهُمْ عَبَدُوا الْأَصْنَامَ وَقامُوا بِمُمَارَسَاتٍ مُنْحَطَّةٍ أُخْرَى.They worshiped idols and engaged in other degenerated practices.

to rise from the dead

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَOn the day people will rise up to the Lord of the worlds.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 83:6

From a fully vowelled text

فَقَامَ وَمَضَى إِلَى بَيْتِهِ.And he arose, and departed to his house.Matthew 9:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَتَرَكَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَقَامَ وَتَبِعَهُ.And he left all, rose up, and followed him.Luke 5:28, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
قَالَ لَهَا يَسُوعُ: «سَيَقُومُ أَخُوكِ».Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.John 11:23, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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