ܩܕܡ

See also: ܩܪܡ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܩ ܕ ܡ (q d m)
9 terms

From Aramaic קְדַם (qəḏam); related to Arabic قَدَمَ (qadama) and Hebrew קָדַם (kadám).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [qɑːðemː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [qɑːðɪmː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [qɑːdɪmː]

Verb

ܩܵܕ݂ܹܡ • (qāḏēm) (present participle ܩܕ݂ܵܡܵܐ (qḏāmā), past participle ܩܕ݂ܝܼܡܵܐ (qḏīmā))

  1. to precede, to come before
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Root
ܩ ܕ ܡ (q d m)
9 terms

From Aramaic קֳדָם (qŏḏām); related to Hebrew קֹדֶם (kódem), Akkadian 𒁾𒊕 (qudmu [DUB.SAG]) and Arabic قُدَّامَ (quddāma).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [qam.]

Preposition

ܩܵܕ݇ܡ or ܩܕ݂ܵܡ • (qām or qḏām)

  1. before, in advance of, prior to
    ܥܪܘܿܩ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܡܵܛܹܐ ― ˁrōq qām māṭē ― Flee before he arrives
    ܕܲܩܝܼܩܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܫܘܼܠܵܡܵܐ ― daqīqā min qām šullāmā ― A minute before the end
    ܐܵܢܵܐ ܐܵܙܹܠ݇ܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܡܸܢܵܗ̇ ― ānā āzēn qammāyā qām minnāh ― I go first before her
  2. before, in front of, facing
    ܨܠܝܼ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܝܵܡܵܐ ― ṣlī qām yāmā ― Go down in front of the sea
    ܟܹܐ ܡܵܘܕܹܝܢ ܩܵܕ݇ܡܘܼܟ݂ ― kē māwdēn qāmūḵ ― I give thanks before you
  3. ago
    ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܬܪܹܝܢ ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ― qām trēn yāwmānē ― Two days ago
    ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠ ܠܹܗ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܚܲܡܸܫ ܫܵܥܹ̈ܐ ― zīl lēh qām ḥammiš šāˁē ― He left 5 hours ago
Usage notes
  • The English adverb and preposition before is translated as ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܗܵܕܲܟ݂ (qām hādaḵ) or a phrase like ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ (qām ˁiddānā, literally “before (this) time”) or ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܐܵܕܝܼܵܐ (qām ādīyā, literally “before now”) used as an adverb.
    ܗܸܟ̃ ܠܹܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ ܗܵܢܵܐ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ ― hič lē ìwen ˁḇīḏā hānā qām ˁiddānā ― I have never done this before
Inflection
Antonyms
Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܩ-ܕ-ܡ (q-d-m) related to preceding. Compare Arabic قَدَمَ (qadama) and Hebrew קָדַם (qāḏam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [q(ə)ðam]

Verb

ܩܕܡ • (transliteration needed)

  1. to precede, to come before

Etymology 2

From the root ܩ-ܕ-ܡ (q-d-m) related to preceding. Compare Akkadian 𒁾𒊕 (qudmu [DUB.SAG]) and Hebrew קֹדֶם (qṓḏem).

Alternative forms

  • ܩܕܝܡ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [q(ə)ðɑm]

Conjunction

ܩܕܡ • (transliteration needed)

  1. before

Preposition

ܩܕܡ • (transliteration needed)

  1. before, in front of
  2. among, in the presence of
  3. against
Inflection

Takes type-II suffixes.

Antonyms

References

  • “qdm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 310a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 490b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 1318a-b
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