# قدام
## Arabic
### Etymology

* Root
* ق د م (q d m)
* 14 terms
From Aramaic 𐡒𐡃𐡌 (qd̠ām, qŭd̠ām) / קֳדָם (qŏḏām) / ܩܘܕܡ / ܩܕܵܡ (qəḏām). Compare سَوْفَ (sawfa, marks what is temporally in front), and native أَمَامَ (ʔamāma, “in front of”).

### Preposition

قُدَّامَ • (quddāma)
* in front of, in the presence of, before
** 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 13:21:النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ تُرْكَزُ الْحَرْبَةُ قُدَّامَهُ يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ وَٱلنَّحْرِ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي.an-nabiyyu ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama kāna turkazu l-ḥarbatu quddāmahū yawma l-fiṭri wan-naḥri ṯumma yuṣallī.The Prophet (PBUH), on the Feast of Fastbreaking as well as the one of Sacrifice, had a spear fastened in front of him, afterwards prayed.
** a. 869, Al-Jāḥiẓ, quoting Thumāma ibn Ashras, “طرف أهل خراسان”, in Muḥammad Fatḥī ʾAbū Bakr, editor, Al-Buḵalāʾ, 5th edition, Egyptian-Lebanese Publishing House, published 2021, →ISBN, page 65:وَقَالَ ثُمَامَةُ: لَمْ أَرَ الدِّيكَ فِي بَلْدَةٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا وَهُوَ لَافِظٌ، يَأْخُذُ الْحَبَّةَ بِمِنْقَارِهِ ثُمَّ يَلْفِظُهَا قُدَّامَ الدَّجَاجَةِ، إِلَّا دِيَكَةَ مَرْوٍ، فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ دِيَكَةَ مَرْوٍ تَسْلُبُ الدَّجَاجَ مَا فِي مَنَاقِيرِهَا مِنَ الْحَبِّ.waqāla ṯumāmatu: lam ʔara d-dīka fī baldatin qaṭṭu ʔillā wahuwa lāfiẓun, yaʔḵuḏu l-ḥabbata biminqārihi ṯumma yalfiẓuhā quddāma ad-dajājati, ʔillā diyakata marwin, faʔinnī raʔaytu diyakata marwin taslubu d-dajāja mā fī manāqīrihā mina l-ḥabbi.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi, (Please provide the book title or journal name):إِذَا مَنَعَتْ مِنْكَ السِّيَاسَةُ نَفْسَهَا / فَقِفْ وَقْفَةً قُدَّامَهُ تَتَعَلَّمِʔiḏā manaʕat minka s-siyāsatu nafsahā / faqif waqfatan quddāmahū tataʕallami(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Inflection

Inflected forms :
| Base form | Base form | Base form | Base form | Base form | قُدَّامَ (quddāma) |
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Singular | Singular | Dual | Plural | Plural |
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Masculine | Feminine | Common | Masculine | Feminine |
| First person | قُدَّامِي (quddāmī) | قُدَّامِي (quddāmī) | قُدَّامَنَا (quddāmanā) | قُدَّامَنَا (quddāmanā) | قُدَّامَنَا (quddāmanā) |
| Second person | قُدَّامَكَ (quddāmaka) | قُدَّامَكِ (quddāmaki) | قُدَّامَكُمَا (quddāmakumā) | قُدَّامَكُمْ (quddāmakum) | قُدَّامَكُنَّ (quddāmakunna) |
| Third person | قُدَّامَهُ (quddāmahu) | قُدَّامَهَا (quddāmahā) | قُدَّامَهُمَا (quddāmahumā) | قُدَّامَهُمْ (quddāmahum) | قُدَّامَهُنَّ (quddāmahunna) |

#### Descendants

* Gulf Arabic: جدام (jiddām)

### Noun

قُدَّام • (quddām) m pl
* plural of قَادِم (qādim)

### Adjective

قُدَّام • (quddām) m pl
* masculine plural of قَادِم (qādim)

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قُدَّامَ (quddāma).

### Pronunciation

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### Preposition

قدام • (ʔuddām)
* in front of, before
    Synonym: قصاد (ʔuṣād)

#### Inflection

Inflected forms of قدام :
| Base form | Base form | Base form | Base form | Base form | قدام (ʔuddām) |
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Personal-pronoun- including forms | singular | singular | plural | plural |
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Personal-pronoun- including forms | m | f | plural | plural |
| 1st person | 1st person | قدامي (ʔuddāmi) | قدامي (ʔuddāmi) | قدامنا (ʔuddamna) | قدامنا (ʔuddamna) |
| 2nd person | 2nd person | قدامك (ʔuddāmak) | قدامك (ʔuddāmik) | قدامكو (ʔuddamku) | قدامكو (ʔuddamku) |
| 3rd person | 3rd person | قدامه (ʔuddāmu) | قدامها (ʔuddamha) | قدامهم (ʔuddamhum) | قدامهم (ʔuddamhum) |

## Hijazi Arabic

* Root
* ق د م
* 3 terms

### Etymology 1

From Arabic قُدَّامَ (quddāma).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡud.daːm/, [ɡʊd.daːm]

#### Preposition

قدام • (guddām)
* in front of
    Synonyms: مُقابِل (mugābil), قُبال (gubāl)

##### Inflection

Inflected forms of قدام :
| Base form | Base form | Base form | Base form | Base form | قُدَّام (guddām) |
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Personal-pronoun- including forms | singular | singular | plural | plural |
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Personal-pronoun- including forms | m | f | plural | plural |
| 1st person | 1st person | قُدَّامي (guddāmi) | قُدَّامي (guddāmi) | قُدَّامَنَا (guddāmana) | قُدَّامَنَا (guddāmana) |
| 2nd person | 2nd person | قُدَّامَك (guddāmak) | قُدَّامِك (guddāmik) | قُدَّامَكُم (guddāmakum) | قُدَّامَكُم (guddāmakum) |
| 3rd person | 3rd person | قُدَّامُه (guddāmu) | قُدَّامها (guddāmaha) | قُدَّامَهُم (guddāmahum) | قُدَّامَهُم (guddāmahum) |

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡu.daːm/, [ɡʊ.daːm]

#### Adjective

قُدَام • (gudām) pl
* plural of قَدِيم (gadīm)

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قُدَّامَ (quddāma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qud.daːm/

### Preposition

قدام • (quddām)
* in front of, in the presence of
    Synonym: قبالة (qbāla)
    Antonyms: ورا (wrā), مورا (mūrā)

#### Inflection

Inflected forms of قدام :
| Base form | Base form | Base form | Base form | Base form | قدام (quddām) |
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Personal-pronoun- including forms | singular | singular | plural | plural |
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Personal-pronoun- including forms | m | f | plural | plural |
| 1st person | 1st person | قدامي (quddāmi) | قدامي (quddāmi) | قدامنا (quddāmna) | قدامنا (quddāmna) |
| 2nd person | 2nd person | قدامك (quddāmek) | قدامك (quddāmki) | قدامكم (quddāmkum) | قدامكم (quddāmkum) |
| 3rd person | 3rd person | قدامه (quddāmu) | قدامها (quddāmha) | قدامهم (quddāmhum) | قدامهم (quddāmhum) |

## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* ق د م
* 4 terms
Picture dictionary :
قدام
فوق
تحت
بـ/
في
قدام
ورا
على
جنب
بين :

### Etymology

From Arabic قُدَّامَ (quddāma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Urban) /ʔud.daːm/, [ʔudˈdæːm]
* IPA: (Bedouin) /ɡud.daːm/, [ɡudˈdæːm]
* Audio (Jerusalem):(file)

### Preposition

قدام • (ʔuddām)
* in front of
    Antonym: ورا (wara)

#### Inflection

Inflected forms of قدام :
| Base form | Base form | Base form | Base form | Base form | قدام (ʔuddām) |
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Personal-pronoun- including forms | singular | singular | plural | plural |
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Personal-pronoun- including forms | m | f | plural | plural |
| 1st person | 1st person | قدامي (ʔuddāmi) | قدامي (ʔuddāmi) | قدامنا (ʔuddāmna) | قدامنا (ʔuddāmna) |
| 2nd person | 2nd person | قدامك (ʔuddāmak) | قدامك (ʔuddāmek) | قدامكم (ʔuddāmkom) | قدامكم (ʔuddāmkom) |
| 3rd person | 3rd person | قدامه (ʔuddāmo) | قدامها (ʔuddāmha) | قدامهم (ʔuddāmhom) | قدامهم (ʔuddāmhom) |