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قِدِّيس
saint /qɪdˈdiːs/
nounB1#2305 most common
Also: holy person, canonized person
Example sentences
هٰذا قِدِّيسٌ.
This is a saint.
يُصَلِّي القِدِّيسُ فِي الكَنِيسَةِ.
The saint prays in the church.
يَحْتَرِمُ النَّاسُ هٰذا القِدِّيسَ لِأَنَّهُ سَاعَدَ الفُقَرَاءَ.
People respect this saint because he helped the poor.
تَحْتَفِلُ الكَنِيسَةُ بِعِيدِ القِدِّيسِ جِرْجِس كُلَّ عَامٍ.
The church celebrates Saint George's feast every year.
يُقَالُ إِنَّ هٰذا القِدِّيسَ صَنَعَ مُعْجِزَاتٍ كَثِيرَةً قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ.
It is said that this saint performed many miracles before his death.
لَمْ يُعْلَنْ قِدِّيسًا إِلَّا بَعْدَ قُرُونٍ مِنَ التَّحْقِيقِ فِي سِيرَتِهِ وَأَعْمَالِهِ.
He was not declared a saint until after centuries of scrutiny of his life and deeds.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قِدِّيسٌ | قِدِّيسُونَ |
| Genitive | قِدِّيسٍ | قِدِّيسِينَ |
| Accusative | قِدِّيسًا | قِدِّيسِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا قِدِّيسُ | يَا قِدِّيسُونَ |
Word family
قِدِّيسَةfemale saint
قَدَّسَto sanctify, to consecrate
قَدَاسَةholiness; His Holiness (title)
مُقَدَّسsacred, holy
قُدْسholiness; Jerusalem
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root q-d-s, which carries the sense of holiness and being set apart. The same root gives al-Quds, the Arabic name for Jerusalem, and muqaddas, meaning sacred. The intensive noun pattern turns the root into a word for a holy person. Christian Arabic adopted it as the standard term for a canonized saint.
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