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قِيادَة
leadership /qɪˈjaːda/
nounA1#638 most common
Also: driving, command, steering wheel
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ القِيادَةَ.
I like driving.
عِندي رُخصةُ قِيادَةٍ.
I have a driving license.
القِيادَةُ في المدينةِ صعبةٌ بسببِ الزِّحام.
Driving in the city is hard because of the traffic.
تولّى الجنرالُ قِيادَةَ الجيشِ في الحرب.
The general took command of the army in the war.
تتطلّبُ القِيادَةُ الناجحةُ رؤيةً واضحةً وقدرةً على اتخاذِ القرار.
Successful leadership requires a clear vision and the ability to make decisions.
أعلنتِ القِيادَةُ السياسيةُ التزامَها بالإصلاحاتِ رغمَ الضغوطِ الداخليةِ والخارجية.
The political leadership announced its commitment to reforms despite internal and external pressures.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قِيادَةٌ | قِياداتٌ |
| Genitive | قِيادَةٍ | قِياداتٍ |
| Accusative | قِيادَةً | قِياداتٍ |
| Vocative | يا قِيادَةُ | يا قِياداتُ |
Word family
قادَto lead, to drive
قائِدleader, commanderمِقْوَدsteering wheel
قِيادِيّleadership, executive
اِنْقِيادsubmission, compliance
Etymology
قِيادَة is the verbal noun of قادَ, to lead or to drive, from the Semitic triliteral root ق-و-د. Under the fiʿāla pattern the medial و shifts to ي, so qiwāda becomes qiyāda. The same root yields قائِد, a leader or commander, which entered Iberian Romance as a loanword. Arabic is a Semitic language, so the root has no Proto-Indo-European source.
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