قد

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ق د د (q-d-d).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qad.da/
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Verb

قَدَّ (qadda) I, non-past يَقُدُّ‎ (yaquddu)

  1. to cut into strips
  2. to cut off, to chop off
  3. to cut out
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qadd/

Noun

قَدّ (qadd) m (plural قِدَاد (qidād) or قُدُود (qudūd) or أَقُدّ (ʾaqudd) or أَقِدَّة (ʾaqidda))

  1. verbal noun of قَدَّ (qadda) (form I)
  2. cutting, cutting off
  3. size, stature, figure
  4. length
  5. definite measure or quantity
  6. equal of a person or thing
  7. lambskin
  8. strip, shred
  9. split
  10. caesura
Declension
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), قد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), قد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qad/

Particle

قَدْ (qad)

  1. (preceding a verb in the past tense) Imparts a present perfect or pluperfect sense, emphasizing that the action has been completed.
    قَدْ وَصَلَqad waṣalahe has [already] arrived, he has [definitely] arrived; he had arrived
  2. (preceding a verb in the non-past tense) Expresses a possibility, like English may.
    قَدْ يَكُونُ كَذٰلِكَqad yakūnu kaḏālikait may be so
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), قد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qud/

Verb

قُدْ (qud) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of قَادَ (qāda)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَدّ (qadd).

Noun

قد (qad)

  1. height, size, stature

Synonyms

  • (archaic) بشن (bašn)
  • قد بلند (qad-e boland)
  • قد کوتاه (qad-e kutâh)
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