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قِيام
standing up; rising /qiˈjaːm/
nounA1#359 most common
Also: rising, getting up, carrying out (a duty)
Example sentences
القِيامُ مبكِّرًا مفيدٌ.
Getting up early is good for you.
لا أستطيعُ القِيامَ من السريرِ.
I cannot get up out of bed.
طُلِبَ من الجميعِ القِيامُ احترامًا للضيفِ.
Everyone was asked to stand up out of respect for the guest.
قِيامُهُ بواجباتِهِ يجعلُهُ موضعَ ثقةٍ.
His carrying out of his duties makes him someone people trust.
يُعَدُّ قِيامُ الليلِ من أحبِّ العباداتِ إلى المؤمنين.
Night prayer is counted among the acts of worship most loved by believers.
أدّى تقاعُسُ المسؤولين عن القِيامِ بمهامِّهم إلى تفاقُمِ الأزمةِ.
The officials' failure to carry out their tasks made the crisis worse.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قِيامٌ | — |
| Genitive | قِيامٍ | — |
| Accusative | قِيامًا | — |
| Vocative | يا قِيامُ | — |
Word family
قام (qāma)to stand up, rise
قائم (qāʾim)standing, upright; existing
مَقام (maqām)station, place, standing
قيامة (qiyāma)resurrection
استقامة (istiqāma)uprightness, integrity
Etymology
قِيام is the verbal noun (masdar) of the verb قَامَ, meaning to stand or rise. It is built on the triliteral root ق و م, one of the most common Semitic roots for standing and rising. The same root yields words for resurrection, station, and resistance. Cognate forms of the root appear across the Semitic family.
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