Qur'an Gateway | Examine Root: قدم (qdm)

Examining Root: قدم (qdm)

Definition:
To precede, come forward, head a people.
qadima - to come, return, come back from, turn, advance, set upon, betake one's self.
qadamun - merit, rank, precedence, human foot, footing, foundation, example, strength.
qadama sidqin - advancement, going forward in excellence, footing of firmness, strong and honourable footing, true rank, precedence of truthfulness.
qadim - old, ancient.
aqdamuna - forefathers.
qaddama (vb. 2) - to bring upon, prefer, send before, prepare beforehand.
taqaddama (vb. 5) - to advance, proceed, go forward, be previously (done or said), bring upon, send before, put forward (a threat), (threaten) beforehand, obtrude (opinion), be promoted, proposed, surpass, outstrip any one.
istaqdama - to desire to advance, wish to anticipate, advance boldly.
mustaqdimun - one who goes forward or desires to advance, who goes ahead, who lived before, foremost.

Total Qur’anic Occurrences: 48

Lemmata Based on This Root: 8

Breakdown of Appearances

Verb: 35

Form
I:	2
II:	27
III:	0
IV:	0
V:	2
VI:	0
VII:	0
VIII:	0
VIX:	0
IX:	4
XI:	0
XII:	0

Gender
Masculine:	18
Feminine:	14
Unassigned:	3

Person
1st:	3
2nd:	9
3rd:	23

Number
Singular:	21
Dual:	0
Plural:	14

Noun: 10

Case
Nominative:	2
Accusative:	6
Genitive:	2

Gender
Masculine:	10
Feminine:	0

Number
Singular:	2
Dual:	0
Plural:	8

Formula
Appears in 248 Root-Based Formulae and lies behind 138 Lemma-Based Formulae
Root Formulae	Root-Plus-Particle-Pronoun Formulae	Lemma Formulae
Length 3: 31 Length 4: 38 Length 5: 34	Length 3: 53 Length 4: 49 Length 5: 43	Length 3: 51 Length 4: 47 Length 5: 40

Glosses for this Root
(have) sent forth (x14) put (yourselves) forward - (x4) our feet (x3) seek to advance (it) (x3) he sent forth (x2) the old (x2) I sent forth (x2) your feet (x2) and send forth (good deeds) (x1) and the feet (x1) and your forefathers (x1) they have sent before (x1) preceded (x1)	He will precede (x1) ancient (x1) then offer (x1) (will be) a respectable position (x1) the preceding ones (x1) brought this (x1) you advanced (x1) And We will proceed (x1) (can) you precede (it) (x1) proceed (x1) a foot (x1)

Verse List

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