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قَدَّر
to estimate, appraise /ˈqad.da.ra/
verbA2#961 most common
Also: to appreciate, value, esteem, to ordain, decree (of fate), to assess (a cost or amount)
Example sentences
أنا أُقَدِّرُ عَمَلَكَ.
I appreciate your work.
قَدَّرَ الخَبيرُ ثَمَنَ البَيتِ.
The expert estimated the price of the house.
هل يُمكِنُكَ أَن تُقَدِّرَ تَكاليفَ الرِّحلةِ؟
Can you estimate the costs of the trip?
قَدَّرتُ أنَّ المَشروعَ سَيَستَغرِقُ ثَلاثةَ أشهُرٍ.
I estimated that the project would take three months.
نُقَدِّرُ تَقديراً عالِياً تَفانيَ المُعَلِّمينَ في عَمَلِهِم.
We highly value the teachers' dedication to their work.
قَدَّرَ اللهُ لِكُلِّ إنسانٍ رِزقَهُ، فلا يَيأَسَنَّ أحَدٌ مِن فَضلِهِ.
God has decreed each person's provision, so let no one despair of His bounty.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُقَدِّرُ | قَدَّرْتُ | سَأُقَدِّرُ |
| 2sg | تُقَدِّرُ | قَدَّرْتَ | سَتُقَدِّرُ |
| 3sg | يُقَدِّرُ | قَدَّرَ | سَيُقَدِّرُ |
| 1pl | نُقَدِّرُ | قَدَّرْنا | سَنُقَدِّرُ |
| 2pl | تُقَدِّرونَ | قَدَّرْتُم | سَتُقَدِّرونَ |
| 3pl | يُقَدِّرونَ | قَدَّروا | سَيُقَدِّرونَ |
Word family
تَقْدير (taqdīr)estimation; appreciation; divine decree; academic grade
قَدَر (qadar)fate, destiny
قُدْرة (qudra)power, ability
مُقَدَّر (muqaddar)estimated; predestined, fated
قَدير (qadīr)capable, all-powerful
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic triliteral root q-d-r, which carries the joined senses of measuring and having power. In Form II the middle radical doubles, which shifts the meaning toward setting a measure: estimating an amount, fixing a worth, or, of God, decreeing a fate. The same root yields qadar, "destiny," and qudra, "power."
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