أقدم

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق د م (q d m)
16 terms

Verb

أَقْدَمَ (ʔaqdama) IV (non-past يُقْدِمُ (yuqdimu), verbal noun إِقْدَام (ʔiqdām))

  1. to dare
  2. to undertake, to venture, to risk
    • 2017 October 20, “الاحتلال يزعم إحباط عمليتي دهس وطعن”, in AlQuds.com, archived from the original on 20 October 2017:
      الفلسطيني أقدم الليلة الماضية على سرقة شاحنة من منطقة حولون.
      The Palestinian undertook the theft of a truck from the Holon area last night.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Root
ق د م (q d m)
16 terms

Elative of قَدِيم (qadīm, old).

Adjective

أَقْدَم (ʔaqdam) (masculine plural أَقْدَمُون (ʔaqdamūn))

  1. elative degree of قَدِيم (qadīm):
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:75-76:
      قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتُم مَّا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ / أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمُ الْأَقْدَمُونَ
      qāla ʔafaraʔaytum mā kuntum taʕbudūna / ʔantum waʔābāʔukumu al-ʔaqdamūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    1. older; oldest
  2. earlier; earliest
  3. senior
  4. foremost
  5. bolder; boldest
Declension
References

Etymology 3

Verb

أقدم (form I)

  1. أَقْدُمُ (ʔaqdumu) /ʔaq.du.mu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of قَدَمَ (qadama) and قَدُمَ (qaduma)
  2. أُقْدَمُ (ʔuqdamu) /ʔuq.da.mu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of قَدَمَ (qadama) and قَدِمَ (qadima)
  3. أَقْدُمَ (ʔaqduma) /ʔaq.du.ma/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of قَدَمَ (qadama) and قَدُمَ (qaduma)
  4. أُقْدَمَ (ʔuqdama) /ʔuq.da.ma/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of قَدَمَ (qadama) and قَدِمَ (qadima)
  5. أَقْدُمْ (ʔaqdum) /ʔaq.dum/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of قَدَمَ (qadama) and قَدُمَ (qaduma)
  6. أُقْدَمْ (ʔuqdam) /ʔuq.dam/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of قَدَمَ (qadama) and قَدِمَ (qadima)
  7. أَقْدَمُ (ʔaqdamu) /ʔaq.da.mu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of قَدِمَ (qadima)
  8. أَقْدَمَ (ʔaqdama) /ʔaq.da.ma/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of قَدِمَ (qadima)
  9. أَقْدَمْ (ʔaqdam) /ʔaq.dam/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of قَدِمَ (qadima)

Etymology 4

Verb

أقدم (form II)

  1. أُقَدِّمُ (ʔuqaddimu) /ʔu.qad.di.mu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of قَدَّمَ (qaddama)
  2. أُقَدَّمُ (ʔuqaddamu) /ʔu.qad.da.mu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of قَدَّمَ (qaddama)
  3. أُقَدِّمَ (ʔuqaddima) /ʔu.qad.di.ma/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of قَدَّمَ (qaddama)
  4. أُقَدَّمَ (ʔuqaddama) /ʔu.qad.da.ma/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of قَدَّمَ (qaddama)
  5. أُقَدِّمْ (ʔuqaddim) /ʔu.qad.dim/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of قَدَّمَ (qaddama)
  6. أُقَدَّمْ (ʔuqaddam) /ʔu.qad.dam/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of قَدَّمَ (qaddama)