قائم

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See also: قايم

Arabic

Root
ق و م (q w m)
28 terms

Pronunciation

Adjective

قَائِم (qāʔim) (common plural قُوَّم (quwwam) or قُيَّم (quyyam), masculine plural قَائِمُون (qāʔimūn) or قُوَّام (quwwām) or قِيَام (qiyām) or قُيَّام (quyyām), feminine plural قَائِمَات (qāʔimāt) or قَوَائِم (qawāʔim))

  1. active participle of قَامَ (qāma)
  2. vertical, erect, upright
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:64:
      وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّدًا وَقِيَامًا
      wallaḏīna yabītūna lirabbihim sujjadan waqiyāman
      ˹They are˺ those who spend ˹a good portion of˺ the night, prostrating themselves and standing before their Lord.
  3. (geometry) perpendicular

Declension

Declension of adjective قَائِم (qāʔim)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal قَائِم
qāʔim
الْقَائِم
al-qāʔim
قَائِمَة
qāʔima
الْقَائِمَة
al-qāʔima
nominative قَائِمٌ
qāʔimun
الْقَائِمُ
al-qāʔimu
قَائِمَةٌ
qāʔimatun
الْقَائِمَةُ
al-qāʔimatu
accusative قَائِمًا
qāʔiman
الْقَائِمَ
al-qāʔima
قَائِمَةً
qāʔimatan
الْقَائِمَةَ
al-qāʔimata
genitive قَائِمٍ
qāʔimin
الْقَائِمِ
al-qāʔimi
قَائِمَةٍ
qāʔimatin
الْقَائِمَةِ
al-qāʔimati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal قَائِمَيْن
qāʔimayn
الْقَائِمَيْن
al-qāʔimayn
قَائِمَتَيْن
qāʔimatayn
الْقَائِمَتَيْن
al-qāʔimatayn
nominative قَائِمَانِ
qāʔimāni
الْقَائِمَانِ
al-qāʔimāni
قَائِمَتَانِ
qāʔimatāni
الْقَائِمَتَانِ
al-qāʔimatāni
accusative قَائِمَيْنِ
qāʔimayni
الْقَائِمَيْنِ
al-qāʔimayni
قَائِمَتَيْنِ
qāʔimatayni
الْقَائِمَتَيْنِ
al-qāʔimatayni
genitive قَائِمَيْنِ
qāʔimayni
الْقَائِمَيْنِ
al-qāʔimayni
قَائِمَتَيْنِ
qāʔimatayni
الْقَائِمَتَيْنِ
al-qāʔimatayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural‎;
basic broken plural triptote
sound feminine plural‎;
basic broken plural diptote‎;
basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal قَائِمِين‎; قُوَّام‎; قِيَام‎; قُيَّام‎; قُوَّم‎; قُيَّم
qāʔimīn‎; quwwām‎; qiyām‎; quyyām‎; quwwam‎; quyyam
الْقَائِمِين‎; الْقُوَّام‎; الْقِيَام‎; الْقُيَّام‎; الْقُوَّم‎; الْقُيَّم
al-qāʔimīn‎; al-quwwām‎; al-qiyām‎; al-quyyām‎; al-quwwam‎; al-quyyam
قَائِمَات‎; قَوَائِم‎; قُوَّم‎; قُيَّم
qāʔimāt‎; qawāʔim‎; quwwam‎; quyyam
الْقَائِمَات‎; الْقَوَائِم‎; الْقُوَّم‎; الْقُيَّم
al-qāʔimāt‎; al-qawāʔim‎; al-quwwam‎; al-quyyam
nominative قَائِمُونَ‎; قُوَّامٌ‎; قِيَامٌ‎; قُيَّامٌ‎; قُوَّمٌ‎; قُيَّمٌ
qāʔimūna‎; quwwāmun‎; qiyāmun‎; quyyāmun‎; quwwamun‎; quyyamun
الْقَائِمُونَ‎; الْقُوَّامُ‎; الْقِيَامُ‎; الْقُيَّامُ‎; الْقُوَّمُ‎; الْقُيَّمُ
al-qāʔimūna‎; al-quwwāmu‎; al-qiyāmu‎; al-quyyāmu‎; al-quwwamu‎; al-quyyamu
قَائِمَاتٌ‎; قَوَائِمُ‎; قُوَّمٌ‎; قُيَّمٌ
qāʔimātun‎; qawāʔimu‎; quwwamun‎; quyyamun
الْقَائِمَاتُ‎; الْقَوَائِمُ‎; الْقُوَّمُ‎; الْقُيَّمُ
al-qāʔimātu‎; al-qawāʔimu‎; al-quwwamu‎; al-quyyamu
accusative قَائِمِينَ‎; قُوَّامًا‎; قِيَامًا‎; قُيَّامًا‎; قُوَّمًا‎; قُيَّمًا
qāʔimīna‎; quwwāman‎; qiyāman‎; quyyāman‎; quwwaman‎; quyyaman
الْقَائِمِينَ‎; الْقُوَّامَ‎; الْقِيَامَ‎; الْقُيَّامَ‎; الْقُوَّمَ‎; الْقُيَّمَ
al-qāʔimīna‎; al-quwwāma‎; al-qiyāma‎; al-quyyāma‎; al-quwwama‎; al-quyyama
قَائِمَاتٍ‎; قَوَائِمَ‎; قُوَّمًا‎; قُيَّمًا
qāʔimātin‎; qawāʔima‎; quwwaman‎; quyyaman
الْقَائِمَاتِ‎; الْقَوَائِمَ‎; الْقُوَّمَ‎; الْقُيَّمَ
al-qāʔimāti‎; al-qawāʔima‎; al-quwwama‎; al-quyyama
genitive قَائِمِينَ‎; قُوَّامٍ‎; قِيَامٍ‎; قُيَّامٍ‎; قُوَّمٍ‎; قُيَّمٍ
qāʔimīna‎; quwwāmin‎; qiyāmin‎; quyyāmin‎; quwwamin‎; quyyamin
الْقَائِمِينَ‎; الْقُوَّامِ‎; الْقِيَامِ‎; الْقُيَّامِ‎; الْقُوَّمِ‎; الْقُيَّمِ
al-qāʔimīna‎; al-quwwāmi‎; al-qiyāmi‎; al-quyyāmi‎; al-quwwami‎; al-quyyami
قَائِمَاتٍ‎; قَوَائِمَ‎; قُوَّمٍ‎; قُيَّمٍ
qāʔimātin‎; qawāʔima‎; quwwamin‎; quyyamin
الْقَائِمَاتِ‎; الْقَوَائِمِ‎; الْقُوَّمِ‎; الْقُيَّمِ
al-qāʔimāti‎; al-qawāʔimi‎; al-quwwami‎; al-quyyami

Descendants

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قَائِم (qā'im), from Arabic قَائِم (qāʔim).

Adjective

قائم (qā'im) (Gurmukhi spelling ਕਾਇਮ)

  1. established, set-up, existing
  2. firm

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قَائِم (qā'im), from Arabic قَائِم (qāʔim).

Pronunciation

Adjective

قائِم (qāim) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling क़ाइम)

  1. unwavering, fixed, firm
  2. established

Further reading

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قائم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 460