القاعدة

See also: القاعده

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ع د (q-ʕ-d), pertaining to the base of the human body—i.e. the buttocks.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /al.qaː.ʕi.da/

Proper noun

الْقَاعِدَة • (al-qāʕida) f

One of flags of Al-Qaeda.
  1. al-Qaeda, a terrorist militant Islamic organization.
  2. The Base, a database of mercenaries recruited as part of Maktab al-Khidamat to fight the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.

Noun

الْقَاعِدَة • (al-qāʕida) f (plural الْقَاعِدَات (al-qāʕidāt) or الْقَوَاعِد (al-qawāʕid))

  1. the toilet, a Western-style sitting toilet as opposed to a squatting toilet.

Declension
Declension of noun الْقَاعِدَة (al-qāʕida)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — الْقَاعِدَة
al-qāʕida		 —
Nominative — الْقَاعِدَةُ
al-qāʕidatu		 —
Accusative — الْقَاعِدَةَ
al-qāʕidata		 —
Genitive — الْقَاعِدَةِ
al-qāʕidati		 —

Synonyms
  • فَرَنْجِيّ (faranjiyy)
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