قاعدة
See also: قاعده and قاعدہ
Arabic
Etymology
From the verb قَعَدَ (qaʿada, “to sit down, to lie in wait, to waylay”), root ق ع د (q-ʿ-d).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qaː.ʕi.da/
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Noun
قَاعِدَة • (qāʿida) f (plural قَوَاعِد (qawāʿid))
- foundation
- Synonym: أَسَاس (ʾasās)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:26:
- قَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَى اللَّهُ بُنْيَانَهُم مِّنَ الْقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّقْفُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَأَتَاهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
- qad makara allaḏīna min qablihim faʾatā l-lahu bunyānahum mmina l-qawāʿidi faḵarra ʿalayhimu s-saqfu min fawqihim waʾatāhumu l-ʿaḏābu min ḥayṯu lā yašʿurūna
- Indeed, those before them had plotted, but Allah struck at the ˹very˺ foundation of their structure, so the roof collapsed on top of them, and the torment came upon them from where they did not expect.
- basis
- Synonym: أَسَاس (ʾasās)
- precept, rule, principle
- fundament
- (military) base
- (chemistry) base
- Synonym: قَلَوِيّ (qalawiyy)
- Antonym: حَمْض (ḥamḍ)
- support, socle, pedestal
- chassis, undercarriage
- formula
- قَاعِدَة فِيثَاغُورَس ― qāʿidat fīṯāḡōras ― Pythagorean formula, Pythagorean theorem
- method, manner
- model, pattern
- Synonym: نَمَط (namaṭ)
Declension
Declension of noun قَاعِدَة (qāʿida)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قَاعِدَة qāʿida | الْقَاعِدَة al-qāʿida | قَاعِدَة qāʿidat |
| Nominative | قَاعِدَةٌ qāʿidatun | الْقَاعِدَةُ al-qāʿidatu | قَاعِدَةُ qāʿidatu |
| Accusative | قَاعِدَةً qāʿidatan | الْقَاعِدَةَ al-qāʿidata | قَاعِدَةَ qāʿidata |
| Genitive | قَاعِدَةٍ qāʿidatin | الْقَاعِدَةِ al-qāʿidati | قَاعِدَةِ qāʿidati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | قَاعِدَتَيْن qāʿidatayn | الْقَاعِدَتَيْن al-qāʿidatayn | قَاعِدَتَيْ qāʿidatay |
| Nominative | قَاعِدَتَانِ qāʿidatāni | الْقَاعِدَتَانِ al-qāʿidatāni | قَاعِدَتَا qāʿidatā |
| Accusative | قَاعِدَتَيْنِ qāʿidatayni | الْقَاعِدَتَيْنِ al-qāʿidatayni | قَاعِدَتَيْ qāʿidatay |
| Genitive | قَاعِدَتَيْنِ qāʿidatayni | الْقَاعِدَتَيْنِ al-qāʿidatayni | قَاعِدَتَيْ qāʿidatay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قَوَاعِد qawāʿid | الْقَوَاعِد al-qawāʿid | قَوَاعِد qawāʿid |
| Nominative | قَوَاعِدُ qawāʿidu | الْقَوَاعِدُ al-qawāʿidu | قَوَاعِدُ qawāʿidu |
| Accusative | قَوَاعِدَ qawāʿida | الْقَوَاعِدَ al-qawāʿida | قَوَاعِدَ qawāʿida |
| Genitive | قَوَاعِدَ qawāʿida | الْقَوَاعِدِ al-qawāʿidi | قَوَاعِدِ qawāʿidi |
Descendants
- Gulf Arabic: قاعدة (qāʕida)
- → Azerbaijani: qayda
- → Bashkir: ҡағиҙә (qağiðä)
- → Hausa: ƙa'ida
- → Georgian: ყაიდა (q̇aida)
- → Kazakh: қағида (qağida), қағидат (qağidat)
- → Malay: kaidah, kaedah
- → Indonesian: kaidah
- Maltese: qagħda
- → Ottoman Turkish: قاعده (ka'ide)
- → Turkish: kaide
- → Persian: قاعده (qâ'ede) (see there for further descendants)
- → Tatar: кагыйдә (qağıydä)
- → Turkmen: kada
- → Uyghur: قائىدە (qa'ide)
- → Uzbek: qoida
(via plural form قَوَاعِد (qawāʿid)):
- → Persian: قواعد (qavâ'ed)
- → Gujarati: કવાયત (kavāyat)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: क़वायद (qavāyad)
- Urdu: قَواعِد
- → Kannada: ಕವಾಯತು (kavāyatu)
- → Marathi: कवाईत (kavāīt)
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਕਵਾਇਦ (kavāida)
- Shahmukhi: قَواعد (qauā‘d)
- → Sindhi:
- Arabic: قَوَاعِدُ
- Devanagari: क़वाइद
- → Telugu: కవాతు (kavātu)
- → Swahili: kawaida
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic قَاعِدَة (qāʿida).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaːʕda/ (common pronunciation for the adjective and can be used for the noun)
- IPA(key): [ˈqaːʕ(ɪ)da] (common pronunciation only for the noun)
Noun
قاعدة • (gāʕ(i)da) f (plural قواعد (gawāʿid) or قاعدات (gāʿ(i)dāt))
- basis
- (military) base
- rule, principle, precept
- (beverage) coaster
- foundation
- fundament
Adjective
قاعدة • (gāʿda) (masculine plural قاعدين (gāʿdīn), feminine plural قاعدات (gāʿdāt)) (masculine singular قاعد (gāʿid))
- sitting; active participle of قَعَد (gaʕad)
- Forms a present continuous tense
- Synonym: بِـ (bi)
- قاعدة تلعب / بِتِلْعَب
- gāʿda tilʿab / bitilʿab
- she is playing
Usage notes
The feminine plural قاعدات (gāʿdāt) is not used as an adjective, in general the masculine plural is used instead as a general plural.