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قام
to stand up, to rise /ˈqaːma/
verbA1#59 most common
Also: to get up, to undertake / carry out (with بـ), to be based on / rest on (with على)
Example sentences
قامَ أَحْمَدُ مِنْ مَكانِهِ.
Ahmad got up from his place.
قامَتْ سارَةُ مُبَكِّرَةً لِتَذْهَبَ إلى المَدْرَسَةِ.
Sara got up early to go to school.
قامَ العُمّالُ بِإصْلاحِ الطَّريقِ.
The workers carried out the repair of the road.
عِنْدَما دَخَلَ القاضي، قامَ الحاضِرونَ احْتِرامًا لَهُ.
When the judge entered, those present stood up out of respect for him.
قامَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ بِحَمْلَةٍ إعْلانِيَّةٍ كَبيرَةٍ لِتَرْويجِ مُنْتَجِها الجَديدِ.
The company undertook a large advertising campaign to promote its new product.
تَقومُ فَلْسَفَتُهُ عَلى مَبْدَأٍ بَسيطٍ مَفادُهُ أنَّ الحُرِّيَّةَ مَسْؤولِيَّةٌ.
His philosophy rests on a simple principle, namely that freedom is responsibility.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَقومُ | قُمْتُ | سَأَقومُ |
| 2sg | تَقومُ | قُمْتَ | سَتَقومُ |
| 3sg | يَقومُ | قامَ | سَيَقومُ |
| 1pl | نَقومُ | قُمْنا | سَنَقومُ |
| 2pl | تَقومونَ | قُمْتُمْ | سَتَقومونَ |
| 3pl | يَقومونَ | قامُوا | سَيَقومونَ |
Word family
قائِم (qāʾim)standing; existing, current
إقامة (iqāma)residence, stay; setting up, establishment
مَقام (maqām)place, station, rank; musical mode
أقامَ (aqāma)to set up, establish; to reside (Form IV)
قَوّمَ (qawwama)to straighten; to assess, evaluate (Form II)
Etymology
قامَ derives from the Proto-Semitic triliteral root *q-w-m 'to stand, rise', one of the most stable and widespread roots across the Semitic family. The weak middle radical (و) surfaces as a long ā in the past tense (قامَ) and as ū in the present (يَقومُ), making it a typical hollow verb. It has direct cognates in Hebrew, Aramaic and Ge'ez, all carrying the core sense of standing or rising.
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