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 ܡܵܛܹܐˁrōq qām māṭēFlee before he arrives
    ܕܲܩܝܼܩܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܫܘܼܠܵܡܵܐdaqīqā min qām šullāmāA minute before the end
    ܐܵܢܵܐ ܐܵܙܹܠ݇ܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܡܸܢܵܗ̇ānā āzēn qammāyā qām minnāhI go first before her
  2. before, in front of, facing
    ܨܠܝܼ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܝܵܡܵܐṣlī qām yāmāGo down in front of the sea
    ܟܹܐ ܡܵܘܕܹܝܢ ܩܵܕ݇ܡܘܼܟ݂kē māwdēn qāmūḵI give thanks before you
  3. ago
    ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܬܪܹܝܢ ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐqām trēn yāwmānēTwo days ago
    ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠ ܠܹܗ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܚܲܡܸܫ ܫܵܥܹ̈ܐzīl lēh qām ḥammiš šāˁēHe 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 ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐhič lē ìwen ˁḇīḏā hānā qām ˁiddānāI have never done this before
Inflection
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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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