قد

Arabic

Etymology 1

Cognate to Hebrew קָדַד (qāḏaḏ), Aramaic קָדַד (qāḏaḏ, “to cut out”), Classical Syriac ܩܰܕ (qadd, “to tear or cut away”), Ge'ez ቀደ (ḳäddä, “to cut open, to tear apart”), Mehri ḳdd (“to shave off, to cut off, to scalp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qad.da/

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Verb

قَدَّ • (qadda) I, non-past يَقُدُّ‎ (yaquddu)

1. to cut into strips
2. to cut off, to chop off
3. to cut out

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qadd/

Noun

قَدّ • (qadd) m (plural قِدَاد (qidād) or قُدُود (qudūd) or أَقُدّ (ʔaqudd) or أَقِدَّة (ʔaqidda))

1. verbal noun of قَدَّ (qadda) (form I)
2. cutting, cutting off
3. size, stature, figure
4. length
5. definite measure or quantity
6. equal of a person or thing
7. lambskin
8. strip, shred
9. split
10. caesura

Declension

References

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

Etymology 3

From the root ق د د (q-d-d) in the sense of being a thing separated or cut apart, a thing distinct with its own measure and shape, a defined piece; extended semantically to a secure definite thing, a certainty, hence the past tense implying a thing has already been set or definitive.

The non-past tense stems from the idea of something intended, likely expected, planned to be, measured to occur, or cut out to happen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qad/

Particle

قَدْ • (qad)

1. (in the past tense) Indicates nearness in time or recentness, recently, just now

   قَدْ وَصَلَ ― qad waṣala ― he has arrived; he had arrived

   كَانَ (قَدْ) وَصَلَ ― kāna (qad) waṣala ― he had arrived

   سَيَكُونُ (قَدْ) وَصَلَ ― sayakūnu (qad) waṣala ― he will have arrived

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:143:

     وَلَقَدْ كُنتُمْ تَمَنَّوْنَ الْمَوْتَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَلْقَوْهُ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمُوهُ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ

     You used to wish for death before you could meet it, and just now, you could see it when were looking ahead.

2. (in the non-past tense) Indicates nonveridicality, might, could, may

   قَدْ يَكُونُ كَذٰلِكَ ― qad yakūnu kaḏālika ― It may be so.

   إِنْ سَأَلْتَهُ ٱلْمَالَ فَقَدْ يُعْطِيكَ. ― ʔin saʔaltahu l-māla faqad yuʕṭīka. ― If you ask him for money, he may give you.

3. (in the non-past tense, obsolete) Expresses emphasis
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 33:18:

     قَدْ يَعْلَمُ اللَّهُ الْمُعَوِّقِينَ مِنكُمْ وَالْقَائِلِينَ لِإِخْوَانِهِمْ هَلُمَّ إِلَيْنَا ۖ وَلَا يَأْتُونَ الْبَأْسَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

     God does know the hinderers among you and the ones telling their brethren, "Over here!" These fight in wars only rarely.

Derived terms

• لَقَدْ (laqad)

Descendants

• Judeo-Arabic: קד (qad)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from English cod, as the range of the fish does not overlap with typical Arabic-speaking areas; compare Hebrew קוד (kod, “cod”). Compare also its other names مُورَة (mūra, “cod”) borrowed from French morue, and غادُس (ḡādus, “cod”) borrowed from Latin gadus (“generic term for fish; cod”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qudd/

Noun

قُدّ • (qudd) m

1. cod (the fish)

Declension

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qud/

Verb

قُدْ • (qud) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of قَادَ (qāda)

References

• “qdd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 404
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “قد”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎ (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 682
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1003

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قَدْ (qad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡid/, /ɡad/

Particle

قِد or قد • (gid or gad)

1. already

   Synonym: قيد (gīd) (different pronunciation)

   قِدْ كَلَّمْتُه عَنْ المَوْضُوع

   gid kallamtu ʿan almawḍūʿ

   I've spoken to him about the topic

2. Used in comparisons

   مَحَمَّد قَدّ أحمد

   maḥmmad gadd ʔaḥmad

   Mahammad is as old as Ahmad

Pashto

Noun

قد • (transliteration needed) m

1. height

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَدّ (qadd).

Noun

قد • (qad)

1. height, size, stature

Synonyms

• (archaic) بشن (bašn)

Related terms

• قد بلند (qad-e boland)
• قد کوتاه (qad-e kutâh)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قَد (qad), from Arabic قَدّ (qadd).

Noun

قد • (qad) m (Hindi spelling क़द)

1. height, stature

Declension