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(ن) قَدَا يَقْدُوْ قَدْوًاqadā yaqdū qadwan (original form: قَدَوَ يَقْدُوُqadawa yaqduwu): (of a horse) to carry its rider forward. (This verb is not used in the Quran.)
Form VIII (iftiʿāl) اِقْتَدٰى يَقْتَدِيْ اِقْتِدَآءًiqtadā yaqtadī iqtidāʾan: to walk in someone's footsteps, to follow his example.
اِقْتَدِiqtadi (imperative, amr): follow!; in «اِقْتَدِهْiqtadih» there is a hāʾ of pause (hāʾ al-sakt). ﴿فَبِهُدٰىهُمُ اقْتَدِهْ﴾ (Al-Anʿām 6:90); مُقْتَدٍmuqtad pl. مُقْتَدُوْنَmuqtadūna (active participle, ism fāʿil): one who follows, follower. ﴿وَاِنَّا عَلٰٓى اٰثٰرِهِمْ مُّقْتَدُوْنَ﴾ (Az-Zukhruf 43:23)