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Root ق د م q-d-m

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ق د مq-d-m

(ن) قَدَمَ يَقْدُمُ قَدْمًاqadama yaqdumu qadman: to be ahead of someone, to go in front. ﴿يَقْدُمُ قَوْمَهُۥ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ﴾ (Hūd 11:98)

(س) قَدِمَ يَقْدَمُ قُدُوْمًاqadima yaqdamu qudūman: to come to a place, to arrive; to turn one's attention to something. ﴿وَقَدِمْنَآ اِلٰى مَا عَمِلُوْا مِنْ عَمَلٍ﴾ (Al-Furqān 25:23)

قَدَمٌqadam pl. اَقْدَامٌaqdām (noun, ism dhāt): foot, footstep. ﴿وَيُثَبِّتْ اَقْدَامَكُمْ﴾ (Muḥammad 47:7); قَدِيْمٌqadīm (adjective on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): old, ancient. ﴿حَتّٰى عَادَ كَالْعُرْجُوْنِ الْقَدِيْمِ﴾ (Yā Sīn 36:39)

Form II (tafʿīl) قَدَّمَ يُقَدِّمُ تَقْدِيْمًاqaddama yuqaddimu taqdīman: to put forward, to send ahead; with «بَيْنَ يَدَيْbayna yaday»: to go ahead of someone, to take precedence over him. ﴿وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوْا لِاَنْفُسِكُمْ مِّنْ خَيْرٍ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:110); ﴿لَا تُقَدِّمُوْا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللّٰهِ وَرَسُوْلِهِۦ﴾ (Al-Ḥujurāt 49:1)

Form IV (ifʿāl) أَقْدَمَ يُقْدِمُ إِقْدَامًاaqdama yuqdimu iqdāman: to advance boldly upon a task; to venture to do it fearlessly (this verb is not used in the Quran).

Form X (istifʿāl) اِسْتَقْدَمَ يَسْتَقْدِمُ اِسْتِقْدَامًاistaqdama yastaqdimu istiqdāman: to advance, to go ahead. ﴿لَا يَسْتَاْخِرُوْنَ سَاعَةً وَّلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُوْنَ﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:34)

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