إقامة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق و م (q-w-m).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔi.qaː.ma/

Noun

إِقَامَة • (ʔiqāma) f

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

   إِقَامَةً طَيِّبَة ― ʔiqāmatan ṭayyiba ― have a nice stay

3. establishing
4. performing
5. raising of the dead
6. second and last call to prayer

Declension

Declension of noun إِقَامَة (ʔiqāma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِقَامَة ʔiqāma	الْإِقَامَة al-ʔiqāma	إِقَامَة ʔiqāmat
Nominative	إِقَامَةٌ ʔiqāmatun	الْإِقَامَةُ al-ʔiqāmatu	إِقَامَةُ ʔiqāmatu
Accusative	إِقَامَةً ʔiqāmatan	الْإِقَامَةَ al-ʔiqāmata	إِقَامَةَ ʔiqāmata
Genitive	إِقَامَةٍ ʔiqāmatin	الْإِقَامَةِ al-ʔiqāmati	إِقَامَةِ ʔiqāmati

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “إقامة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], 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