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قَوْم
people (a body of people, folk, nation, or tribe) /ˈqawm/
nounB1#1802 most common
Also: folk, tribe, kinsfolk, nation
Example sentences
هٰذا قَوْمٌ كَريمٌ.
These are a generous people.
أُحِبُّ قَوْمي كَثيراً.
I love my people very much.
لِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ عاداتٌ وَتَقاليدُ.
Every people has its own customs and traditions.
خاطَبَ الزَّعيمُ قَوْمَهُ بِكَلِماتٍ مُؤَثِّرَةٍ.
The leader addressed his people with moving words.
يا قَوْمِ، اتَّحِدوا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَضيعَ الوَطَنُ.
O my people, unite before the homeland is lost.
تَفَرَّقَتِ الأَقْوامُ بَعْدَ الحَرْبِ، وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ مَجْدِهِمُ القَديمِ إِلّا الذِّكْرَياتُ.
The peoples scattered after the war, and nothing remained of their old glory but memories.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قَوْمٌ | أَقْوامٌ |
| Genitive | قَوْمٍ | أَقْوامٍ |
| Accusative | قَوْماً | أَقْواماً |
| Vocative | يا قَوْمُ | يا أَقْوامُ |
Word family
قامَto stand, rise
قائِمstanding, existingمَقامplace, station, rankقَوْمِيّةnationalism
إقامةresidence, stay
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root q-w-m, meaning to stand or rise. A قَوْم is, at root, the body of people who stand together as one group. The sense moved from those who rise in common cause to a settled meaning of folk, kin, or nation.
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