قديم

See also: قدیم

Arabic

Root
ق د م (q-d-m)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.diːm/

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Adjective

قَدِيم • (qadīm) (feminine قَدِيمَة (qadīma), masculine plural قُدَمَاء (qudamāʔ) or قُدَامَى (qudāmā), feminine plural قَدِيمَات (qadīmāt) or قَدَائِم (qadāʔim), elative أَقْدَم (ʔaqdam))

1. old, ancient
2. eternal without beginning

Declension

Declension of adjective قَدِيم (qadīm)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَدِيم qadīm	الْقَدِيم al-qadīm	قَدِيمَة qadīma	الْقَدِيمَة al-qadīma
Nominative	قَدِيمٌ qadīmun	الْقَدِيمُ al-qadīmu	قَدِيمَةٌ qadīmatun	الْقَدِيمَةُ al-qadīmatu
Accusative	قَدِيمًا qadīman	الْقَدِيمَ al-qadīma	قَدِيمَةً qadīmatan	الْقَدِيمَةَ al-qadīmata
Genitive	قَدِيمٍ qadīmin	الْقَدِيمِ al-qadīmi	قَدِيمَةٍ qadīmatin	الْقَدِيمَةِ al-qadīmati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَدِيمَيْن qadīmayn	الْقَدِيمَيْن al-qadīmayn	قَدِيمَتَيْن qadīmatayn	الْقَدِيمَتَيْن al-qadīmatayn
Nominative	قَدِيمَانِ qadīmāni	الْقَدِيمَانِ al-qadīmāni	قَدِيمَتَانِ qadīmatāni	الْقَدِيمَتَانِ al-qadīmatāni
Accusative	قَدِيمَيْنِ qadīmayni	الْقَدِيمَيْنِ al-qadīmayni	قَدِيمَتَيْنِ qadīmatayni	الْقَدِيمَتَيْنِ al-qadīmatayni
Genitive	قَدِيمَيْنِ qadīmayni	الْقَدِيمَيْنِ al-qadīmayni	قَدِيمَتَيْنِ qadīmatayni	الْقَدِيمَتَيْنِ al-qadīmatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote‎; broken plural invariable		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قُدَمَاء‎; قُدَامَى qudamāʔ‎; qudāmā	الْقُدَمَاء‎; الْقُدَامَى al-qudamāʔ‎; al-qudāmā	قَدِيمَات‎; قَدَائِم qadīmāt‎; qadāʔim	الْقَدِيمَات‎; الْقَدَائِم al-qadīmāt‎; al-qadāʔim
Nominative	قُدَمَاءُ‎; قُدَامَى qudamāʔu‎; qudāmā	الْقُدَمَاءُ‎; الْقُدَامَى al-qudamāʔu‎; al-qudāmā	قَدِيمَاتٌ‎; قَدَائِمُ qadīmātun‎; qadāʔimu	الْقَدِيمَاتُ‎; الْقَدَائِمُ al-qadīmātu‎; al-qadāʔimu
Accusative	قُدَمَاءَ‎; قُدَامَى qudamāʔa‎; qudāmā	الْقُدَمَاءَ‎; الْقُدَامَى al-qudamāʔa‎; al-qudāmā	قَدِيمَاتٍ‎; قَدَائِمَ qadīmātin‎; qadāʔima	الْقَدِيمَاتِ‎; الْقَدَائِمَ al-qadīmāti‎; al-qadāʔima
Genitive	قُدَمَاءَ‎; قُدَامَى qudamāʔa‎; qudāmā	الْقُدَمَاءِ‎; الْقُدَامَى al-qudamāʔi‎; al-qudāmā	قَدِيمَاتٍ‎; قَدَائِمَ qadīmātin‎; qadāʔima	الْقَدِيمَاتِ‎; الْقَدَائِمِ al-qadīmāti‎; al-qadāʔimi

Derived terms

• تَعَدُّدُ الْقُدَماءِ (taʕaddudu l-qudamāʔi)

Descendants

• Maltese: qadim
• Moroccan Arabic: قديم (qdīm)
• → Azerbaijani: qədim
• → Bashkir: ҡәҙим (qəźim)
• → Bengali: কদীম (kôdīm)
• → Chagatai: قدیم
  • Uyghur: قەدىم (qedim)
  • Uzbek: qadim
• ⇒ Dhivehi: ގަދީމީ (gadīmī)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: क़दीम (qadīm)
  • Urdu: قدیم (qadīm)
• → Kazakh: қадім (qadım)
• → Kyrgyz: кадим (kadim)
• → Malay: kadim
• → Ottoman Turkish: قدیم (kadim)
  • Turkish: kadim
• → Persian: قدیم (qadim)
• → Turkmen: gadym

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قديم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قدم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق د م
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَدِيم (qadīm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.diːm/

Adjective

قديم • (gadīm) (feminine قديمة (gadīma), common plural قُدام (gudām) or قَديمين (gadīmīn), elative أَقْدم (ʔagdam))

1. old (of things)

   Antonym: جديد (jadīd)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ق د م
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَدِيم (qadīm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qdiːm/

Adjective

قديم • (qdīm) (feminine قديمة (qdīma), common plural قدام (qdām), feminine plural قديمات (qdīmāt), elative أقدم (ʔaqdam) or قدم (qdam))

1. old (of things)

   Antonym: جديد (jdīd)

   Coordinate term: (of people) شارف (šārif)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق د م
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَدِيم (qadīm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔa.diːm/, [ʔaˈdiːm]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡa.diːm/, [ɡaˈdiːm]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Adjective

قديم • (ʔadīm) (feminine قديمة (ʔadīme), common plural قدما (ʔudama) or قدم (ʔudom), elative أقدم (ʔaʔdam))

1. old (of things)

   Antonym: جديد (jdīd)

See also

• كبير (kbīr, “old (for people)”)