قدام

From Aramaic 𐡒𐡃𐡌‎ (qd̠ām, qŭd̠ām) / קֳדָם‎ (qŏḏām) / ܩܘܕܡ‎ / ܩܕܵܡ‎ (qəḏām). Compare سَوْفَ‎ (sawfa, marks what is temporally in front), and native أَمَامَ‎ (ʔamāma, “in front of”).

قُدَّامَ • (quddāma)

1. in front of, in the presence of, before
   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 13:21:

     ‏النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ تُرْكَزُ الْحَرْبَةُ قُدَّامَهُ يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ وَٱلنَّحْرِ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي‏.‏‎

     an-nabiyyu ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama kāna turkazu l-ḥarbatu quddāmahū yawma l-fiṭri wan-naḥri ṯumma yuṣallī.

     The Prophet (PBUH), on the Feast of Fastbreaking as well as the one of Sacrifice, had a spear fastened in front of him, afterwards prayed.

   • a. 869, Al-Jāḥiẓ, quoting Thumāma ibn Ashras, “طرف أهل خراسان”, in Muḥammad Fatḥī ʾAbū Bakr, editor, Al-Buḵalāʾ, 5th edition, Egyptian-Lebanese Publishing House, published 2021, →ISBN, page 65:

     ‏وَقَالَ ثُمَامَةُ: لَمْ أَرَ الدِّيكَ فِي بَلْدَةٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا وَهُوَ لَافِظٌ، يَأْخُذُ الْحَبَّةَ بِمِنْقَارِهِ ثُمَّ يَلْفِظُهَا قُدَّامَ الدَّجَاجَةِ، إِلَّا دِيَكَةَ مَرْوٍ، فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ دِيَكَةَ مَرْوٍ تَسْلُبُ الدَّجَاجَ مَا فِي مَنَاقِيرِهَا مِنَ الْحَبِّ.‎‎

     waqāla ṯumāmatu: lam ʔara d-dīka fī baldatin qaṭṭu ʔillā wahuwa lāfiẓun, yaʔḵuḏu l-ḥabbata biminqārihi ṯumma yalfiẓuhā quddāma ad-dajājati, ʔillā diyakata marwin, faʔinnī raʔaytu diyakata marwin taslubu d-dajāja mā fī manāqīrihā mina l-ḥabbi.

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   • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     ‏إِذَا مَنَعَتْ مِنْكَ السِّيَاسَةُ نَفْسَهَا / فَقِفْ وَقْفَةً قُدَّامَهُ تَتَعَلَّمِ‎

     ʔiḏā manaʕat minka s-siyāsatu nafsahā / faqif waqfatan quddāmahū tataʕallami

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قُدَّام • (quddām) m pl

1. plural of قَادِم‎ (qādim)

قُدَّام • (quddām) m pl

1. masculine plural of قَادِم‎ (qādim)

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

قدام • (ʔuddām)

1. in front of, before

   Synonym: قصاد‎ (ʔuṣād)

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /ɡud.daːm/, [ɡʊd.daːm]

قدام • (guddām)

1. in front of

   Synonyms: مُقابِل‎ (mugābil), قُبال‎ (gubāl)

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /qud.daːm/

قدام • (quddām)

1. in front of, in the presence of

   Synonym: قبالة‎ (qbāla)

   Antonyms: ورا‎ (wrā), مورا‎ (mūrā)

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔud.daːm/, [ʔudˈdæːm]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡud.daːm/, [ɡudˈdæːm]

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قدام • (ʔuddām)

1. in front of

   Antonym: ورا‎ (wara)