Qur'an Gateway | Examine Root: قعد (qʿd)

Examining Root: قعد (qʿd)

Definition:
To sit down, remain behind, to hold back, to tarry, lie in wait, sit still, remain unmoved, desist, abstain, refrain, lurk in ambush, set snares, neglect, act of sitting, foundations/bases, women who are past child bearing age, elderly spinsters past child bearing age, one who sits at home, one who sits still, seat or place of sitting, station, encampment.

Total Qur’anic Occurrences: 31

Lemmata Based on This Root: 6

Breakdown of Appearances

Verb: 12

Form
I:	12
II:	0
III:	0
IV:	0
V:	0
VI:	0
VII:	0
VIII:	0
VIX:	0
IX:	0
XI:	0
XII:	0

Gender
Masculine:	10
Feminine:	0
Unassigned:	2

Person
1st:	2
2nd:	8
3rd:	2

Number
Singular:	5
Dual:	0
Plural:	7

Noun: 19

Case
Nominative:	5
Accusative:	6
Genitive:	8

Gender
Masculine:	15
Feminine:	0

Number
Singular:	4
Dual:	0
Plural:	15

Formula
Appears in 28 Root-Based Formulae and lies behind 16 Lemma-Based Formulae
Root Formulae	Root-Plus-Particle-Pronoun Formulae	Lemma Formulae
Length 3: 4 Length 4: 4 Length 5: 2	Length 3: 8 Length 4: 6 Length 5: 4	Length 3: 6 Length 4: 6 Length 5: 4

Glosses for this Root
sit (x5) those who sit (x4) positions (x2) so that you sit (x2) sitting (x2) the foundations (x2) and sitting (x2) the ones who sit (x1) and sit (in wait) (x1) surely I will sit (x1)	so sit (x1) while they sat (x1) seated (x1) in their staying (x1) And postmenopausal (x1) (were) sitting (x1) and sat (x1) a seat (x1) with sitting (x1)

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