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قَضَى
to spend (time) /qaˈdˤaː/
verbA1#458 most common
Also: to decree, ordain, to rule, pass judgment, to eliminate, do away with (with على)
Example sentences
قَضَيْتُ يَوْمًا جَمِيلًا مَعَ عَائِلَتِي.
I spent a beautiful day with my family.
قَضَيْنَا الْعُطْلَةَ عَلَى شَاطِئِ الْبَحْرِ.
We spent the holiday at the seaside.
سَيَقْضِي أَخِي سَنَةً كَامِلَةً فِي الْخَارِجِ لِلدِّرَاسَةِ.
My brother will spend a whole year abroad to study.
قَضَتِ الْمَحْكَمَةُ بِبَرَاءَةِ الْمُتَّهَمِ بَعْدَ جَلْسَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ.
The court ruled the defendant innocent after a long session.
قَضَى الْعِلَاجُ الْجَدِيدُ عَلَى الْفَيْرُوسِ خِلَالَ أُسْبُوعَيْنِ.
The new treatment wiped out the virus within two weeks.
لَمَّا قَضَى الْقَائِدُ نَحْبَهُ فِي الْمَعْرَكَةِ، عَمَّ الْحُزْنُ الْبِلَادَ كُلَّهَا.
When the commander met his death in battle, grief spread over the whole country.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَقْضِي | قَضَيْتُ | سَأَقْضِي |
| 2sg | تَقْضِي | قَضَيْتَ | سَتَقْضِي |
| 3sg | يَقْضِي | قَضَى | سَيَقْضِي |
| 1pl | نَقْضِي | قَضَيْنَا | سَنَقْضِي |
| 2pl | تَقْضُونَ | قَضَيْتُمْ | سَتَقْضُونَ |
| 3pl | يَقْضُونَ | قَضَوْا | سَيَقْضُونَ |
Word family
قَاضٍ / الْقَاضِيjudge
قَضَاءjudiciary; divine decree; carrying out
قَضِيَّةcase, lawsuit, issue, proposition
اِقْتَضَىto require, demand, necessitate
مُقْتَضَىrequirement, exigency
Etymology
قَضَى comes from the Semitic root ق-ض-ي, tied to the idea of cutting a matter through to its end. From that core the verb branches into judging, decreeing, completing, and spending time. The judicial sense follows a pattern seen across many languages, where to decide is to cut. Arabic later built قَاضٍ, a judge, and قَضَاء, the judiciary and divine decree, on the same root.
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