# قام
## Arabic
### Etymology

From the root ق و م (q w m). Compare Hebrew קָם (kam), Ge'ez ቆመ (ḳomä), Classical Syriac ܩܳܡ, Ugaritic 𐎖𐎎 (qm).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qaː.ma/
** (Central Asia) IPA: /qoːm/

### Verb

قَامَ • (qāma) I (non-past يَقُومُ (yaqūmu), verbal noun قَوْم (qawm) or قَامَة (qāma) or قِيَام (qiyām) or مَقَام (maqām))
* to stand up (to rise from lying or sitting position); to get up
* to do, to undertake, to take upon oneself (بِ (bi))
    أَتَقُومُ بِتَمَارِينِ الرِّيَاضَةِ؟ʔataqūmu bitamārīni r-riyāḍati?Do you do (sport) exercises?
* to engage in (constructed with بِ (bi))
    فهُم عبدوا الأصنامَ وقاموا بِمُمارساتٍ مُنحَطَّة أُخْرىز.They worshipped idols and engaged in other degenerated practices.
* to rise from the dead
    يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَyawma yaqūmu n-nāsu lirabbi l-ʕālamīnaOn the day people will rise up to the Lord of the worlds

#### Conjugation
### References

* ↑ Cowan, W. (1960). Arabic evidence for Proto-Semitic*/awa/and*/ō. Language, 60-62.
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “قوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Gulf Arabic
### Alternative forms

* گام (gām), كام (gām)

### Etymology

From Arabic قَامَ (qāma).

### Pronunciation

* (Kuwait) IPA: /ɡɑːm/

### Verb

قام • (gām) (non-past يقوم)
* to stand (up)
    Synonym: وقف (wigaf)
    قوموا! ― gūmaw ― Get up!
* to wake up
    Synonym: قعد (giʕad, gaʕad)
* used to form the present progressive.
    Synonyms: قاعد (gāʕid), قاع (gāʕ), قَعْ (gaʕ), قَعَ (gaʕa)
    رفيجتي كانت قام تتكلم بالوتس آب لمن انقطع الانترنتrfījti kānat gām titkallām bil-wats āb lamman ingiṭaʕ il-intarnatMy friend was talking over WhatsApp when the internet got disconnected
* used to form the inchoative.
    قام يخورها! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
** Hussain Faisal (lyrics and music) (2017) “أترحم عليهم”, in قصتي‎ (in Gulf Arabic), Bahrain: “...كام الماي ينشد عن ابو الماي ― ...The water began yearning for the man of (responsible for pouring) the water”

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قَامَ (qāma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaːm/

### Verb

قام • (gām) I (non-past يقوم (yigūm))
* to wake
    Synonym: صحي (ṣiḥi)
    متى حتقوم؟ ― mita ḥatgūm? ― when will you wake up?
* to stand up
    Synonyms: وقف (wigif, wagaf), وَقَّف (waggaf)
* indicates a past tense
    Synonym: راح (rāḥ)
    قام جابها و جا ― gām jābaha u jā ― so he went and brought it and came

#### Conjugation
## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قَامَ (qāma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qaːm/

### Verb

قام • (qām) I (non-past يقوم (yqūm))
* to stand up
* used to form the inchoative

#### Derived terms

* قومان (qūmān)
* قيام (qyām)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic قَامَ (qāma).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Urban) /ʔaːm/, [ʔæːm]
* IPA: (Bedouin) /ɡaːm/, [ɡæːm]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

قام • (ʔām) I (present بقوم (biʔūm))
* to get up, to stand up
    اليوم قمت بكّير. ― il-yōm ʔumt bakkīr. ― I got up early today.
    قوم من التخت، بدّي انضّف.ʔūm min il-taḵt, biddi anaḍḍef.Get up from the bed, I want to clean.

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic أَقَامَ (ʔaqāma).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Urban) /ʔaːm/, [ʔæːm]
* IPA: (Bedouin) /ɡaːm/, [ɡæːm]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

قام • (ʔām) I (present بقيم (biʔīm))
* to remove, to take out
    Synonyms: شال (šāl), خلع (ḵalaʕ)