# قدام
## Arabic
### Etymology

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)

#### Descendants

* Gulf Arabic: جدام (jiddām)

### Noun

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

### Adjective

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

## Chadian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قُدَّامَ (quddāma).

### Preposition

قدام • (giddām)
* in front of

### Noun

قدام • (giddām) m
* (euphemistic) genitals

### References

* Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎ (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 52
* Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999) Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien ~ Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, pages 503, 504

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قُدَّامَ (quddāma).

### Pronunciation

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### Preposition

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

#### Inflection
## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic قُدَّامَ (quddāma).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡud.daːm/, [ɡʊd.daːm]

#### Preposition

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

##### Inflection
### 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
## South Levantine Arabic

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)