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ق د م

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48
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Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root قدم. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

قَدَمَ القَوْمَ , aor. قَدُمَ , inf. n. قَدْمٌ (S, * Msb, K) and قُدُومٌ ; (K;) and ↓ تَقَدَّمَهُمْ ; (S, * Msb, K;) and ↓ قَدَّمَهُمْ ; and ↓ اِسْتَقْدَمَهُمْ ; (K:) He became before the people: (TA:) syn. سَبَقَهُمْ ; (Msb;) he preceded them; went before them; took precedence of them; headed them; led them, so as to serve as an example, or object of imitation. ― -b2- See أَمَّهُمْ . ― -b3- قَدِمَ البَلَدَ , aor. قَدَمَ , inf. n. قُدُومٌ and مَقْدَمٌ , [He came to, or arrived at, the town, &c.] (Msb.) أَخْذَنِى مَا قَدُمَ وَماَ حَدُثَ : see art. حدث . ― -b4- قَدِمَ عَلَى الأَمْرِ i. q. عَلَيْهِ ↓ أَقْدَمَ [He advanced boldly to undertake the affair]. (TA.) See an ex. in a verse voce مُضَافٌ . ― -b5- See 6.

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قَدَّمَ زَيْدًا اـِلَى الحَايءِطِ He brought Zeyd near, or caused him to draw near, or to approach, to the wall. (Msb.) ― -b2- قَدَّمَهُ He put it forward; offered it; proffered it. ― -b3- He brought, and brought forward, him or it. ― -b4- قَدَّمَ لَهُ طَعَامًا He proffered, offered, or presented to him, food. ― -b5- قَدَّمَ He did good or evil previously, or beforehand: (Bd, and Jel in xxxvi. 11; &c.:) he laid up in store. (Bd in xii. 48.) See زَلَّفَهُ . ― -b6- قَدَّمَ He made foremost; put, brought, or sent, forward; he advanced him or it: he promoted him. ― -b7- قَدَّمَهُ عَلَى غَيَرِهِ , inf. n. تَقْدِيمٌ , He made him, or it, to be before, or have precedence of, another, in time: and in place; i. e. he placed, or put, him, or it, before another; or made him, or it, to precede another: and in rank, or dignity; i. e. he preferred him, or it, before another; or honoured, or esteemed, him, or it, above another. (Kull, p. 104.) ― -b8- قَدَّمَهُ لِكَذَا He prepared it, or provided it beforehand, for such a thing. See Kur, xii. 48. ― -b9- قَدَّمَ عِنْدَ ا@للّٰهِ خَيْرًا He prepared, or provided in store, for himself, good, [i. e. a reward,] with God. (A and Mgh in art. حسب .) ― -b10- قدّم لَهُ الثَّمَنَ He paid him in advance, or beforehand, the price. ― -b11- قَدَّمَ أَنْ Pَفْعَلَ كَذَا He preferred doing such a thing; syn. ا=ثَرَ , i. e. فَضَّلَ . (M in art. أَثر .) [Hence, قَدَّمَ العَجْزَ فِىالشَّىْءِ He preferred backwardness with respect to the thing.] (See فَرَّطَ and فُرُطٌ : and see Kull, p. 279.) ― -b12- قَدَّمَ syn. with تَقَدَّمَ , q. v.: like as أَخَّرَ is with تَأَخَّرَ : so in the Kur, xli. 1. (TA, art, أخر .) ― -b13- قَدَّمَ [is trans. and intrans.: for its significations as an intrans. v., see its syn. تقدّم , and see 1:] as a trans. v. it is contr. of أَخَّرَ . (Msb, art. أخر .) ― -b14- قَدَّمَ is syn. with بَدَأَ بِهِ . (Mgh and Msb in art. بدأ .) ― -b15- قَدَّمَ اـِلَيْهِ فِى كَذَا : see تَقَدَّمَ . ― -b16- See تَأَذَّنَ voce ا=ذَنَ . ― -b17- قَدَّمَ أَوْلَادًا and قَدَّمَتْهُمْ : see أَفْرَطَ . ― -b18- قَدَّمَهُ and ↓ أَقْدَمَهُ He urged him forward. (Mo'allakát, 157.) ― -b19- قَدَّمَ has تَقْدِمَةٌ for an inf. n.

أَقْدَمَ He was bold, or audacious. ― -b2- أَقْدَمَ عَلَى الأَمْرِ He ventured upon, or addressed himself to, the thing boldly, courageously, or daringly; (S, K;) he attempted it. ― -b3- أَقْدَمَ على قِرْنِهِ He behaved boldly, courageously, or daringly, against his adversary; (Msb;) he attached him. ― -b4- See 1. ― -b5- أَقْدِمْ , (improperly اـِقْدِمْ ,) said to a horse, Advance boldly! (S.) So rendered voce أَهَابَ , and هَبْ .

تَقَدَّمَ He was, or became, or went, before, or ahead; preceded; had, or took, precedence; contr. of تَأَخَّرَ , q. v. See 1. ― -b2- تَقَدَّمَ اـِلَى الحَايءِطِ He drew near, or approached, to the wall. (Msb.) ― -b3- تَقَدَّمَ He advanced; went forward, or onward. (L, art. قود .) ― -b4- تَقَدَّمَ عَلَى الحَقِّ : see Bd, xviii. 27. ― -b5- تَقَدَّمَ He became advanced, or promoted. ― -b6- تَقَدَّمَ مِنْهُ كَلاَمٌ : see فَرَطَ : but the primary meaning is, Speech proceeded from him previously. ― -b7- تَقَدَّمَ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ quasi-pass. of قَدَّمَهُ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ ; He, or it, was, or became, before, or had precedence of, another, in time: and in place; i. e. he, or it, was, or became, before another; preceded another; went before another: and in rank, or dignity; i. e. he, or it, was, or became, preferred before another; or honoured, or esteemed, above another: in all these senses like تَقَدَّمَ غَيْرَهُ . See بَكَّرَ . ― -b8- تَقَدَّمَ فِى أَمْرٍ [He was forward in an affair] قَبْلَ فِعْلِهِ [before doing it]. (A'Obeyd, T in art. رمى .) ― -b9- تَقَدَّمَ i. q. سَبَقَ ; (K, art. سبق , &c.;) and contr. of تَأَخَّرَ . (TA, art. أخر .) ― -b10- تَقَدَّمَ اـِلَيْهِ فِى كَذَا , (K,) or بِكَذَا , (Msb,) or both, (Mgh,) He commanded, ordered, bade, charged, or enjoined, him respecting, or to do, such a thing; (Mgh, Msb, K;) as also ↓ قَدَّمَ , inf. n. تَقْدِيمٌ . (Msb.)

تَقَادَمَ is best rendered It became old: and ↓ قَدُمَ it was old.

اِقْتَدَى بِهِ He did as he did, following his example; or taking him as an example, an exemplar, a pattern, or an object of imitation. (Msb.) He followed his example, imitated him; &c.

اِسْتَقْدَمَ He went before. ― -b2- اِسْتَقْدَمَتْ رِحَالَتُكَ : see art. رحل .

قَدَمٌ The human foot, from the ankle downwards. (Mgh.) ― -b2- لَهُ قَدَمٌ رَاسِخَةٌ فِى العِلْمِ : see art. رسخ . ― -b3- عَلَى قَدَمٍ عَظِيمٍ On an excellent foundation. ― -b4- فُلَانٌ عَلَى قَدَمِ فُلَانٍ Such a one is successor of such a one.

قِدَمٌ Oldness; antiquity. ― -b2- Existence, or duration, or time, without beginning; like أَزَلٌ (Kull, p. 31; &c.) See أَزَلٌ . ― -b3- عَلَى وَجْهِ الدَّهْرِ : قِدَمُ الدَّهْرِ means properly the olden time; antiquity. ― -b4- علَىَ قِدَمِ الدَّهْرِ [In, or from, old, or ancient, time; of old]. (S, M, K, art. أس ; in the first and last of which it is coupled with the like phrase.)

مِنْ قُدُمٍ [In front]. (K, voce ظُنْبُوبٌ .) ― -b2- قُدُمٌ : see أُخُرٌ .

قاَدِمَةٌ as applied to a part of a camel's saddle is an improper word: the proper term is وَاسِطٌ .

قَدُومٌ An adz; [so in the present day, but pronounced قَدُّوم ;] a certain implement of the carpenter; (S, Mgh, Msb;) a فَأْس with which one hews, or forms or fashions by cutting. (S.)

قَدِيمٌ Ancient; old; to which no commencement is assigned. ― -b2- مَالٌ قَدِيمٌ Old, or long-possessed, property. (S, A, Mgh, Msb, all in art. تلد .) ― -b3- قَدِيمٌ The reputation ( حَسَبٌ ) of a man or people. (TA, art. دثر .) See a verse in 1 of art. ثنى . ― -b4- القَدِيمُ , as an epithet applied to God, i. q. القَدِيمُ الأَزَلِىُّ The Ancient without beginning.

القُدَّامُ The location that is before.

قَوادِمُ : respecting the feathers thus called, see voce مَنَاكِبُ , and أَبْهَرُ .

جَرِىْءُ المُقْدَمِ : see art. جرأ . المُقْدَم is here syn. with الاـِقْدَام .

مَقْدَامٌ Very bold or daring or courageous (S, K,) against the enemy; (S;) as also مَقْدَامَةٌ . (S.) ― -b2- مِقْدَامَةٌ : see voce مِعْزاَبَة . ― -b3- [The pl.] مَقَادِمُ Fronts; fore parts. See an ex. voce أَعْثَرَ . ― -b4- مَقَادِيمُ The front of the forehead. (JK.)

مُقَدَّمٌ A provost, chief, head, director, conductor, or manager. ― -b2- مُقَدَّمٌ The antecedent (or first proposition) in an enthymeme, and (first part) of a hypothetical proposition. ― -b3- مُقَدَّمَةٌ The van, or vanguard, of an army.

مُقَدِّمَةٌ The ground whereon rests an inquiry or investigation: and the ground whereon rests the truth of an evidence or a demonstration: and a [premiss or] proposition which is made a part of a syllogism: and المُقَدِّمَةُ الغَرِيبَةُ is that [premiss] which is both actually and virtually suppressed in the syllogism; as when we say, A is equal to B, and B is equal to C, when it results that A is equal to C, by means of the مُقَدِّمَة غَرِيبَة , which is, every equal to the equal of a thing is equal to that thing. (KT.)

مُتَقَدِّمٌ Preceding: anterior; being, or lying, in advance of others. ― -b2- مُتَقَدِّمٌ فِى الأُمُورِ Forward in affairs.

الا=مُسْتَقْدِمِينَ in the Kur, xv. 24: see Bd; and see its opposite, المُسْتَأْخِرِينَ .

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