أقام

From the root ق و م (q-w-m). Cognate with Hebrew הֵקִים (hekím).

أَقَامَ • (ʔaqāma) IV (non-past يُقِيمُ (yuqīmu), verbal noun إِقَامَة (ʔiqāma) or إِقَام (ʔiqām) or مُقَام (muqām))

1. to raise, to lift

   أقامَ يَسُوع أشخاصًا خَسِروا حَياتَهُم،‏ ذُكورًا وإناثًا وكِبارًا وصِغارًا.

   Jesus raised people who had lost their lives, male and female, old and young.

2. to set up, to erect
3. to establish, to found

   وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَارْكَعُوا مَعَ الرَّاكِعِينَ.

   waʔaqīmū ṣ-ṣalāta waʔātū z-zakāta wārkaʕū maʕa r-rākiʕīna.

   And establish prayer and give zakah and bow with those who bow.

4. to appoint, to nominate
5. to put in charge
6. (transitive) to awaken
7. to resurrect, to raise from the dead
8. to stay, to reside, to abide
9. to hold (a meeting, a celebration, a competition, a reception, etc.)
10. to celebrate (a festival)
11. to persist
12. to sustain (someone) (of food)
13. to perform (an action)
14. to engage in(?)

    وأقامت علاقات جنسية كثيرة قبل الزواج.

    She engaged in many sexual relationships before marriage.

15. to observe (a prayer)

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “أقام”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2995