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قَدَم
foot /ˈqadam/
nounA1#454 most common
Also: foot (unit of length), footstep
Example sentences
قَدَمِي بَارِدَة.
My foot is cold.
أَشْعُرُ بِأَلَمٍ فِي قَدَمِي.
I feel pain in my foot.
وَقَفَ الطِّفْلُ عَلَى قَدَمٍ وَاحِدَة.
The child stood on one foot.
يَبْلُغُ ارْتِفَاعُ السُّورِ سِتَّ أَقْدَامٍ.
The wall is six feet high.
لَمْ تَطَأْ قَدَمُ إِنْسَانٍ تِلْكَ الْقِمَّةَ مِنْ قَبْل.
No human foot had trodden that summit before.
بَقِيَ ثَابِتَ الْقَدَمِ رَغْمَ كُلِّ الْمِحَنِ.
He stayed steadfast in the face of every hardship.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قَدَمٌ | أَقْدَامٌ |
| Genitive | قَدَمٍ | أَقْدَامٍ |
| Accusative | قَدَماً | أَقْدَاماً |
| Vocative | يا قَدَمُ | يا أَقْدَامُ |
Word family
أَقْدَام (aqdām)feet (plural)
قَدَّمَ (qaddama)to offer, present, put forward
تَقَدُّم (taqaddum)progress, advancement
قَدِيم (qadīm)old, ancient
كُرَة القَدَم (kurat al-qadam)football, soccer
Etymology
قَدَم comes from the Semitic root q-d-m, which carries the idea of front, precedence, and advance. The foot is the limb that goes before and leads the body forward. The same root gives قَدِيم (old) and تَقَدَّمَ (to advance).
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