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قَدْر
amount, measure /ˈqadr/
nounA2#731 most common
Also: worth, value, extent, degree, rank, standing
Example sentences
هٰذا قَدْرٌ كَبيرٌ مِنَ الطَّعامِ.
This is a large amount of food.
أَضَفْتُ قَدْراً قَليلاً مِنَ المِلْحِ إلى الطَّعامِ.
I added a small amount of salt to the food.
لا يَعْرِفُ الإنْسانُ قَدْرَ الصِّحَّةِ إلّا بَعْدَ المَرَضِ.
A person does not know the value of health except after illness.
سَأُساعِدُكَ قَدْرَ ما أَسْتَطيعُ.
I will help you as much as I can.
لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ قَدْرُهُ، فاحْتَرِمْ مَكانَةَ الآخَرينَ.
Every person has his worth, so respect the standing of others.
على قَدْرِ أَهْلِ العَزْمِ تَأْتي العَزائِمُ.
Great deeds come in proportion to the measure of men of resolve.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قَدْرٌ | أَقْدارٌ |
| Genitive | قَدْرٍ | أَقْدارٍ |
| Accusative | قَدْراً | أَقْداراً |
| Vocative | يا قَدْرُ | يا أَقْدارُ |
Word family
قَدَرfate, destiny
قُدْرةability, power
قادِرable, capableمِقْدارquantity, magnitudeقَدَّرَto estimate, to value, to appreciate
Etymology
Arabic قَدْر comes from the Semitic root q-d-r, which ties together the ideas of measuring, having power, and fixing a portion. From the sense of measuring out, the noun took on both a concrete meaning, an amount, and an abstract one, worth or rank. The same root gives قَدَر, fate, the portion measured out to a person.
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