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(key): /qaː.ma/
    • (Central Asia) IPA(key): /qoːm/[1]
    • (Gulf, Hejazi) IPA(key): /ɡaːm/

Verb

قَامَ • (qāma) I, non-past يَقُومُ‎‎ (yaqūmu)

  1. to stand up (to rise from lying or sitting position); to get up
  2. to do, to undertake, to take upon oneself (بِ‎ (bi))
    ‏أَتَقُومُ بِتَمَارِينِ الرِّيَاضَةِ؟‎‎
    ʔataqūmu bitamārīni r-riyāḍati?
    Do you do (sport) exercises?
  3. to rise from the dead
    • ‏يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ‎
      yawma yaqūmu n-nāsu lirabbi l-ʕālamīna
      On the day people will rise up to the Lord of the worlds

Conjugation

References

  1. 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

Verb

قام • (gām) (non-past يقوم‎)

  1. to stand (up)
    Synonym: وقف‎ (wigaf)
  2. to wake up
    Synonym: قعد‎ (giʕad, gaʕad)
  3. used to form the present progressive.
    Synonyms: قاعد‎ (gāʕid), قاع‎ (gāʕ), قَعْ‎ (gaʕ), قَعَ‎ (gaʕa)
    ‏رفيجتي كانت قام تتكلم بالوتس آب لمن انقطع الانترنت‎
    rfījti kānat gām titkallām bil-wats āb lamman ingiṭaʕ il-intarnat
    My friend was talking over WhatsApp when the internet got disconnected
  4. 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

Root
ق و م‎

Etymology

From Arabic قَامَ‎ (qāma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaːm/

Verb

قام • (gām) (form I, non-past يقوم‎ (yigūm))

  1. to wake
    Synonym: صحي‎
    ‏متى حتقوم؟‎‎
    mita ḥatgūm?
    when will you wake up?
  2. to stand up
    Synonyms: وقف‎ (wigif, wagaf), وَقَّف‎ (waggaf)
  3. indicates a past tense
    Synonym: راح‎ (rāḥ)
    ‏قام جابها و جا‎
    gām jābaha u jā
    so he went and brought it and came

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ق و م‎
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَامَ‎ (qāma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qaːm/

Verb

قام • (qām) (form I, non-past يقوم‎ (yqūm))

  1. to stand up
  2. used to form the inchoative

Conjugation

    Conjugation of قام
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قمت‎ (qumt) قمتي‎ (qumti) قام (qām) قمنا‎ (qumna) قمتوا‎ (qumtu) قاموا‎ (qāmu)
f قامت‎ (qāmet)
non-past m نقوم‎ (nqūm) تقوم‎ (tqūm) يقوم‎ (yqūm) نقوموا‎ (nqūmu) تقوموا‎ (tqūmu) يقوموا‎ (yqūmu)
f تقومي‎ (tqūmi) تقوم‎ (tqūm)
imperative m قوم‎ (qūm) قوموا‎ (qūmu)
f قومي‎ (qūmi)

Derived terms

  • قومان‎ (qūmān)
  • قيام‎ (qyām)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق و م‎

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَامَ‎ (qāma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔaːm/, [ʔæːm]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ɡaːm/, [ɡæːm]
  • (file)

Verb

قام • (ʔām) (form I, present بقوم‎ (biʔūm))

  1. 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
    Conjugation of قام (ʔām)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قمت (ʔumt) قمت (ʔumt) قام (ʔām) قمنا (ʔumna) قمتو (ʔumtu) قامو (ʔāmu)
f قمتي (ʔumti) قامت (ʔāmat)
present m بقوم (baʔūm) بتقوم (bitʔūm) بقوم (biʔūm) منقوم (minʔūm) بتقومو (bitʔūmu) بيقومو (biʔūmu)
f بتقومي (bitʔūmi) بتقوم (bitʔūm)
subjunctive m اقوم (aʔūm) تقوم (tʔūm) يقوم (yʔūm) نقوم (nʔūm) تقومو (tʔūmu) يقومو (yʔūmu)
f تقومي (tʔūmi) تقوم (tʔūm)
imperative m قوم (ʔūm) قومو (ʔūmu)
f قومي (ʔūmi)
Root
ق ي م‎

Etymology 2

From Arabic أَقَامَ‎ (ʔaqāma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔaːm/, [ʔæːm]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ɡaːm/, [ɡæːm]
  • (file)

Verb

قام • (ʔām) (form I, present بقيم‎ (biʔīm))

  1. to remove, to take out
    Synonyms: شال‎ (šāl), خلع‎ (ḵalaʕ)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of قام (ʔām)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قمت (ʔimt) قمت (ʔimt) قام (ʔām) قمنا (ʔimna) قمتو (ʔimtu) قامو (ʔāmu)
f قمتي (ʔimti) قامت (ʔāmat)
present m بقيم (baʔīm) بتقيم (bitʔīm) بقيم (biʔīm) منقيم (minʔīm) بتقيمو (bitʔīmu) بقيمو (biʔīmu)
f بتقيمي (bitʔīmi) بتقيم (bitʔīm)
subjunctive m اقيم (aʔīm) تقيم (tʔīm) يقيم (yʔīm) نقيم (nʔīm) تقيمو (tʔīmu) يقيمو (yʔīmu)
f تقيمي (tʔīmi) تقيم (tʔīm)
imperative m قيم (ʔīm) قيمو (ʔīmu)
f قيمي (ʔīmi)
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