ذو القعدة

ذو القعدة

Arabic

Etymology

A compound of ذو‎ (“possessor of, owner of”) + ال‎ (al, definite article) + قَعْدَة‎ (qaʿda, “sitting place”), with the third element from ق ع د‎ (q ʿ d, “to sit”), literally meaning "the possessor of the sitting place". Here, "sitting place" refers to making truces, since wars were forbidden in this month.

Proper noun

ذُو الْقَعْدَة‎ • (ḏū l-qaʿda) m

1. Dhu'l-Qa'da, the eleventh of the twelve months of the Muslim lunar calendar, each beginning with a new moon.

Declension

Declension of noun ذُو الْقَعْدَة (ḏū l-qaʿda)

Singular	singular long construct
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	ذُو الْقَعْدَة ḏū l-qaʿda	—
Nominative	—	ذُو الْقَعْدَةِ ḏū l-qaʿdati	—
Accusative	—	ذَا الْقَعْدَةِ‎ ḏā l-qaʿdati	—
Genitive	—	ذِي الْقَعْدَةِ‎ ḏī l-qaʿdati	—

See also

Hijri calendar months in Arabic · الْأَشْهُر فِي التَّقْوِيمِ الْهِجْرِيّ‎ (al-ʾašhur fī t-taqwīmi l-hijriyy) (layout · text)

Muharram	Safar	Rabi I	Rabi II
اَلْمُحَرَّم‎ (al-muḥarram) مُحَرَّم‎ (muḥarram)	صَفَر‎ (ṣafar)	رَبِيع الْأَوَّل‎ (rabīʿ al-ʾawwal)	رَبِيع الْآخِر‎ (rabīʿ al-ʾāḵir) رَبِيع الثَّانِي‎ (rabīʿ aṯ-ṯānī)
Jumada I	Jumada II	Rajab	Sha'ban
جُمَادَى الْأُولَى‎ (jumādā l-ʾūlā)	جُمَادَى الْآخِرَة‎ (jumādā l-ʾāḵira) جُمَادَى الثَّانِي‎ (jumādā ṯ-ṯānī)	رَجَب‎ (rajab)	شَعْبَان‎ (šaʿbān)
Ramadan	Shawwal	Dhu'l-Qa'da	Dhu'l-Hijja
رَمَضَان‎ (ramaḍān)	شَوَّال‎ (šawwāl)	ذُو الْقَعْدَة (ḏū l-qaʿda)	ذُو الْحِجَّة‎ (ḏū l-ḥijja)

• تِشْرِين الثَّانِي‎ (tišrīn aṯ-ṯānī)
• نُوفِمْبِر‎ (nūfimbir), نُوفِمْبُر‎ (novembir)