قدس

See also: ق د س‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ق د س‎ (q-d-s).

Verb

قَدُسَ • (qadusa) I, non-past يَقْدُسُ‎‎ (yaqdusu)

  1. to be pure, to be immaculate
  2. to be holy
Conjugation
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قدس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “قدس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Causative of قَدُسَ‎ (qadusa).

Verb

قَدَّسَ • (qaddasa) II, non-past يُقَدِّسُ‎‎ (yuqaddisu)

  1. to purify
  2. to sanctify
  3. to consecrate (something) to God
  4. to worship, to venerate
  5. (Christianity) to say or hear Mass
  6. (Christianity) to canonize
Conjugation
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قدس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “قدس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3

Noun

قُدْس or قُدُس • (quds or qudus) m (plural أَقْدَاس‎ (ʾaqdās))

  1. verbal noun of قَدُسَ (qadusa, “to be pure, to be holy”) (form I)
  2. purity
  3. sanctity, holiness
  4. shrine, sanctuary
  5. Paradise
Declension
Derived terms
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قدس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “قدس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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