قائد

Arabic

Root
ق و د (q w d)
11 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb قَادَ (qāda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qaː.ʔid/

Noun

قَائِد • (qāʔid) m (plural قَائِدُون (qāʔidūn) or قَادَة (qāda) or قُوَّاد (quwwād), feminine قَائِدَة (qāʔida))

1. leader
2. director, manager
3. head, chief
4. commander, commandant
5. guide

   وَأَبَى إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ عَالِمًا قَائِدُهُ الْعَقْلُ.

   waʔabā ʔillā ʔan yakūna ʕāliman qāʔiduhu l-ʕaqlu.

   And he insisted on being a scholar whose guide is reason.

Declension

Declension of noun قَائِد (qāʔid)

singular	masculine			feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَائِد qāʔid	الْقَائِد al-qāʔid	قَائِد qāʔid	قَائِدَة qāʔida	الْقَائِدَة al-qāʔida	قَائِدَة qāʔidat
nominative	قَائِدٌ qāʔidun	الْقَائِدُ al-qāʔidu	قَائِدُ qāʔidu	قَائِدَةٌ qāʔidatun	الْقَائِدَةُ al-qāʔidatu	قَائِدَةُ qāʔidatu
accusative	قَائِدًا qāʔidan	الْقَائِدَ al-qāʔida	قَائِدَ qāʔida	قَائِدَةً qāʔidatan	الْقَائِدَةَ al-qāʔidata	قَائِدَةَ qāʔidata
genitive	قَائِدٍ qāʔidin	الْقَائِدِ al-qāʔidi	قَائِدِ qāʔidi	قَائِدَةٍ qāʔidatin	الْقَائِدَةِ al-qāʔidati	قَائِدَةِ qāʔidati
dual	masculine			feminine
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَائِدَيْن qāʔidayn	الْقَائِدَيْن al-qāʔidayn	قَائِدَيْ qāʔiday	قَائِدَتَيْن qāʔidatayn	الْقَائِدَتَيْن al-qāʔidatayn	قَائِدَتَيْ qāʔidatay
nominative	قَائِدَانِ qāʔidāni	الْقَائِدَانِ al-qāʔidāni	قَائِدَا qāʔidā	قَائِدَتَانِ qāʔidatāni	الْقَائِدَتَانِ al-qāʔidatāni	قَائِدَتَا qāʔidatā
accusative	قَائِدَيْنِ qāʔidayni	الْقَائِدَيْنِ al-qāʔidayni	قَائِدَيْ qāʔiday	قَائِدَتَيْنِ qāʔidatayni	الْقَائِدَتَيْنِ al-qāʔidatayni	قَائِدَتَيْ qāʔidatay
genitive	قَائِدَيْنِ qāʔidayni	الْقَائِدَيْنِ al-qāʔidayni	قَائِدَيْ qāʔiday	قَائِدَتَيْنِ qāʔidatayni	الْقَائِدَتَيْنِ al-qāʔidatayni	قَائِدَتَيْ qāʔidatay
plural	masculine			feminine
	sound masculine plural; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a); basic broken plural triptote			sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَائِدِين; قَادَة; قُوَّاد qāʔidīn; qāda; quwwād	الْقَائِدِين; الْقَادَة; الْقُوَّاد al-qāʔidīn; al-qāda; al-quwwād	قَائِدِي; قَادَة; قُوَّاد qāʔidī; qādat; quwwād	قَائِدَات qāʔidāt	الْقَائِدَات al-qāʔidāt	قَائِدَات qāʔidāt
nominative	قَائِدُونَ; قَادَةٌ; قُوَّادٌ qāʔidūna; qādatun; quwwādun	الْقَائِدُونَ; الْقَادَةُ; الْقُوَّادُ al-qāʔidūna; al-qādatu; al-quwwādu	قَائِدُو; قَادَةُ; قُوَّادُ qāʔidū; qādatu; quwwādu	قَائِدَاتٌ qāʔidātun	الْقَائِدَاتُ al-qāʔidātu	قَائِدَاتُ qāʔidātu
accusative	قَائِدِينَ; قَادَةً; قُوَّادًا qāʔidīna; qādatan; quwwādan	الْقَائِدِينَ; الْقَادَةَ; الْقُوَّادَ al-qāʔidīna; al-qādata; al-quwwāda	قَائِدِي; قَادَةَ; قُوَّادَ qāʔidī; qādata; quwwāda	قَائِدَاتٍ qāʔidātin	الْقَائِدَاتِ al-qāʔidāti	قَائِدَاتِ qāʔidāti
genitive	قَائِدِينَ; قَادَةٍ; قُوَّادٍ qāʔidīna; qādatin; quwwādin	الْقَائِدِينَ; الْقَادَةِ; الْقُوَّادِ al-qāʔidīna; al-qādati; al-quwwādi	قَائِدِي; قَادَةِ; قُوَّادِ qāʔidī; qādati; quwwādi	قَائِدَاتٍ qāʔidātin	الْقَائِدَاتِ al-qāʔidāti	قَائِدَاتِ qāʔidāti

Descendants

• → Catalan: alcaid, caid
• → English: caid
• → French: caïd
  • → Spanish: caíd
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: alcaide
  • Portuguese: alcaide
• → Spanish: alcaide
  • → English: alcaide
  • → Polish: alkad

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قَائِد (qā'id), from Arabic قَائِد (qāʔid), from قَادَ (qāda).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɑː.ɪd̪/, /qɑː.jɪd̪/
• Rhymes: -ɪd̪
• Hyphenation: قا‧ءِد

Noun

قائِد • (qāid) m (formal plural قائِدِین (qāidīn), Hindi spelling क़ाइद)

1. a leader
2. caid, governor
3. (military) commander
4. the incharge (of a department etc.)
5. guide (one who guides the blind)
6. (Pakistani politics) ellipsis of قائِدِ اَعْظَم (qāid-i a'zam) (a title of Muhammad Ali Jinnah)
7. (astronomy) Alkaid; Eta Ursae Majoris (the last star in the Ursa Major constellation)
8. (architecture) pillar; stanchion

Declension

informal:

Declension of قائد

	singular	plural
direct	قائِد (qāid)	قائِد (qāid)
oblique	قائِد (qāid)	قائِدوں (qāidõ)
vocative	قائِد (qāid)	قائِدو (qāido)

Related terms

Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root ق و د (0 c, 2 e)