إقامة

إقامة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق و م‎ (q-w-m).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔi.qaː.ma/

Noun

إِقَامَة • (ʾiqāma) f (plural إِقَامَات‎ (ʾiqāmāt))

1. verbal noun of أَقَامَ‎ (ʾaqāma) (form IV)
2. staying, remaining, stopping

   ‏إِقَامَةً طَيِّبَة‎ ― ʾiqāmatan ṭayyiba ― have a nice stay

3. establishing
4. performing
5. raising of the dead
6. second and last call to prayer
7. (Classical Arabic, in the plural) rations, provisions

Declension

Declension of noun إِقَامَة (ʾiqāma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِقَامَة ʾiqāma	الْإِقَامَة‎ al-ʾiqāma	إِقَامَة ʾiqāmat
Nominative	إِقَامَةٌ ʾiqāmatun	الْإِقَامَةُ‎ al-ʾiqāmatu	إِقَامَةُ ʾiqāmatu
Accusative	إِقَامَةً ʾiqāmatan	الْإِقَامَةَ‎ al-ʾiqāmata	إِقَامَةَ ʾiqāmata
Genitive	إِقَامَةٍ ʾiqāmatin	الْإِقَامَةِ‎ al-ʾiqāmati	إِقَامَةِ ʾiqāmati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِقَامَتَيْن‎ ʾiqāmatayn	الْإِقَامَتَيْن‎ al-ʾiqāmatayn	إِقَامَتَيْ‎ ʾiqāmatay
Nominative	إِقَامَتَانِ‎ ʾiqāmatāni	الْإِقَامَتَانِ‎ al-ʾiqāmatāni	إِقَامَتَا‎ ʾiqāmatā
Accusative	إِقَامَتَيْنِ‎ ʾiqāmatayni	الْإِقَامَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʾiqāmatayni	إِقَامَتَيْ‎ ʾiqāmatay
Genitive	إِقَامَتَيْنِ‎ ʾiqāmatayni	الْإِقَامَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʾiqāmatayni	إِقَامَتَيْ‎ ʾiqāmatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِقَامَات‎ ʾiqāmāt	الْإِقَامَات‎ al-ʾiqāmāt	إِقَامَات‎ ʾiqāmāt
Nominative	إِقَامَاتٌ‎ ʾiqāmātun	الْإِقَامَاتُ‎ al-ʾiqāmātu	إِقَامَاتُ‎ ʾiqāmātu
Accusative	إِقَامَاتٍ‎ ʾiqāmātin	الْإِقَامَاتِ‎ al-ʾiqāmāti	إِقَامَاتِ‎ ʾiqāmāti
Genitive	إِقَامَاتٍ‎ ʾiqāmātin	الْإِقَامَاتِ‎ al-ʾiqāmāti	إِقَامَاتِ‎ ʾiqāmāti

Descendants

• → Northern Kurdish: îqame
• → Turkish: ikame

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “إقامة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “قوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN