ܩܕܡ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܩ-ܕ-ܡ (q-d-m) related to preceding. Compare Arabic قَدَمَ (qadama) and Hebrew קָדַם (qāḏam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [q(ə)ðam]

Verb

ܩܕܡ • (transliteration needed)

1. to precede, to come before

Etymology 2

From the root ܩ-ܕ-ܡ (q-d-m) related to preceding. Compare Akkadian 𒁾𒊕 (qudmu [DUB.SAG]) and Hebrew קֹדֶם (qṓḏem).

Alternative forms

• ܩܕܝܡ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [q(ə)ðɑm]

Conjunction

ܩܕܡ • (transliteration needed)

1. before

Preposition

ܩܕܡ • (transliteration needed)

1. before, in front of
2. among, in the presence of
3. against

Inflection

Takes type-II suffixes.

    declension of ܩܕܡ

1st c. sg. (me)	ܩܕܡܝ
2nd m. sg. (you)	ܩܕܡܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (you)	ܩܕܡܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (him)	ܩܕܡܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܕܡܝܗ
1st c. pl. (us)	ܩܕܡܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (you)	ܩܕܡܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (you)	ܩܕܡܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (them)	ܩܕܡܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (them)	ܩܕܡܝܗܝܢ

Antonyms

• ܒܬܪ

References

• “qdm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 310a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 490b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 1318a-b