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قُدُوم
arrival /quˈduːm/
nounA2#936 most common
Also: coming, advent, approach
Example sentences
نَنْتَظِرُ قُدُومَ الضُّيُوفِ.
We are waiting for the arrival of the guests.
فَرِحَ الأَطْفَالُ بِقُدُومِ الرَّبِيعِ.
The children were happy at the coming of spring.
أَعْلَنَتِ المَحَطَّةُ عَنْ قُدُومِ القِطَارِ.
The station announced the arrival of the train.
احْتَفَلَتِ العَائِلَةُ بِقُدُومِ المَوْلُودِ الجَدِيدِ.
The family celebrated the arrival of the new baby.
أَثَارَ قُدُومُ الوَفْدِ الأَجْنَبِيِّ اهْتِمَامَ الصُّحُفِ المَحَلِّيَّةِ.
The arrival of the foreign delegation drew the interest of the local newspapers.
لَمْ يَكُنْ قُدُومُهُ المُفَاجِئُ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّحْظَةِ الحَرِجَةِ مَحْضَ صُدْفَةٍ.
His sudden arrival at that critical moment was no mere coincidence.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قُدُومٌ (qudūmun) | None |
| Genitive | قُدُومٍ (qudūmin) | None |
| Accusative | قُدُوماً (qudūman) | None |
| Vocative | يا قُدُومُ (yā qudūmu) | None |
Word family
قَدِمَ (qadima)to arrive, come
قَادِم (qādim)coming, next, arriving
مَقْدِم (maqdim)arrival, coming
قَدِيم (qadīm)old, ancient
تَقَدُّم (taqaddum)progress, advance
Etymology
قُدُوم is the verbal noun of the verb قَدِمَ, meaning to come or arrive. Both grow from the Semitic root q-d-m, whose core idea is the front, what comes before, and moving ahead. The same root gives قَدِيم, ancient, meaning what came first, and تَقَدُّم, progress, meaning movement to the front. An arrival is at root a coming to the front.
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