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قَدِيم
old /qaˈdiːm/
adjectiveA1#379 most common
Also: ancient, antique, longstanding
Example sentences
هٰذَا بَيْتٌ قَدِيمٌ.
This is an old house.
أُحِبُّ السَّيَّارَاتِ الْقَدِيمَةَ.
I like old cars.
قَرَأْتُ كِتَابًا قَدِيمًا عَنِ التَّارِيخِ.
I read an old book about history.
تَقَعُ الْمَدِينَةُ الْقَدِيمَةُ فِي قَلْبِ الْعَاصِمَةِ.
The old city lies in the heart of the capital.
لَا يَزَالُ يَتَمَسَّكُ بِأَفْكَارِهِ الْقَدِيمَةِ رَغْمَ تَغَيُّرِ الزَّمَنِ.
He still clings to his old ideas despite the changing times.
تَكْشِفُ الْمَخْطُوطَاتُ الْقَدِيمَةُ عَنْ حَضَارَةٍ ضَارِبَةٍ فِي عُمْقِ التَّارِيخِ.
The ancient manuscripts reveal a civilization rooted deep in history.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قَدِيمٌ | قُدَمَاءُ |
| Genitive | قَدِيمٍ | قُدَمَاءَ |
| Accusative | قَدِيمًا | قُدَمَاءَ |
| Vocative | يَا قَدِيمُ | يَا قُدَمَاءُ |
Word family
جَدِيدnew (antonym)
قِدَمantiquity, oldness
أَقْدَمolder, more ancientقَدِيمًاin the old days, formerly
تَقَدَّمَto advance, progress
Etymology
قَدِيم comes from the Semitic root q-d-m, which carries the idea of going before or coming first. From the sense of that which precedes, the meaning shifts to that which is of old, hence ancient. The same root gives Arabic قَدَّمَ, to present or put forward, and قَدَم, the foot that steps ahead. Hebrew and Aramaic share the root in words for before and for ancient times.
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