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قاضِي
judge /ˈqaː.dˤiː/
nounA2#894 most common
Also: magistrate, Islamic (sharia) judge, arbiter
Example sentences
القاضي في المحكمة.
The judge is in the court.
القاضي رجل عادل.
The judge is a fair man.
استمع القاضي إلى الشاهد بانتباه.
The judge listened to the witness attentively.
أصدر القاضي حكمه بعد دراسةٍ طويلةٍ للقضية.
The judge issued his ruling after a long study of the case.
يجب على القاضي أن يكون نزيهًا ومحايدًا في كل قضية ينظر فيها.
The judge must be honest and impartial in every case he examines.
لا يجوز للقاضي أن يحكم وهو غاضب، كما ورد في الأثر، لأن الغضب يُفسد العدل.
A judge may not rule while angry, as the tradition holds, because anger corrupts justice.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قاضٍ (qāḍin) / القاضي (al-qāḍī) | قُضاةٌ (quḍātun) |
| Genitive | قاضٍ (qāḍin) / القاضي (al-qāḍī) | قُضاةٍ (quḍātin) |
| Accusative | قاضِيًا (qāḍiyan) / القاضيَ (al-qāḍiya) | قُضاةً (quḍātan) |
| Vocative | يا قاضي (yā qāḍī) | يا قُضاةُ (yā quḍātu) |
Word family
قَضَى (qaḍā)to decree, judge, settle, carry out
قَضاء (qaḍāʾ)judiciary; divine decree, fate
قَضِيّة (qaḍiyya)case, lawsuit, issue
قُضاة (quḍāh)judges (plural of qāḍī)
تَقاضى (taqāḍā)to litigate, to sue
Etymology
قاضي is the active participle of the verb قَضَى (qaḍā), 'to decree, settle, or judge,' from the triliteral root ق-ض-ي. It names the person who does the judging. The word spread with Islamic law into Europe: Spanish 'alcalde' (mayor) comes from al-qāḍī, 'the judge,' and English borrowed it directly as 'cadi.' Turkish took it as 'kadı.'
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