قدس

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ق د س (q-d-s)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *ḳudš- (holy). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew קָדוֹשׁ (qɔḏoš, holy), Hebrew קודש / קֹדֶשׁ (qṓḏeš) and Old South Arabian 𐩤𐩵𐩪 (qds¹).

Verb[edit]

قَدُسَ (qadusa) I, non-past يَقْدُسُ‎ (yaqdusu)

  1. to be pure, to be immaculate
  2. to be holy, to be sacred
Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

قُدُس or قُدْس (qudus or qudsm (plural أَقْدَاس (ʔaqdās))

  1. verbal noun of قَدُسَ (qadusa, to be pure, to be holy) (form I)
  2. purity
  3. sanctity, holiness
  4. shrine, sanctuary
  5. Paradise
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Etymology 2[edit]

Causative of قَدُسَ (qadusa).

Verb[edit]

قَدَّسَ (qaddasa) II, non-past يُقَدِّسُ‎ (yuqaddisu)

  1. to purify
  2. to sanctify
  3. to consecrate (something) to God
  4. to worship, to venerate
  5. (Christianity) to say or hear Mass
  6. (Christianity) to canonize
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

قَدَس (qadasm (plural أَقْدَاس (ʔaqdās) or قُدُوس (qudūs))

  1. alternative form of قَادُوس (qādūs, scoop, dipper)
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