القدس

Arabic

Etymology

Ellipsis of مَدِينَة الْقُدْس (madīnat al-quds), a calque of Classical Syriac ܡܕܝܢܬ ܩܘܕܫܐ (məḏīnaṯ quḏšā), from Hebrew עִיר הַקֹּדֶשׁ (ʿîr haq-qṓḏeš, “the city of holiness”). Morphologically the definite of قُدْس (quds), from the root ق د س (q-d-s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.quds/

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  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): [alɡʊds], [alqʊds]
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /ɪl.qu.ds/

Proper noun

الْقُدْس • (al-quds) f

1. Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)

Declension

Declension of noun الْقُدْس (al-quds)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْقُدْس al-quds	—
Nominative	—	الْقُدْسُ al-qudsu	—
Accusative	—	الْقُدْسَ al-qudsa	—
Genitive	—	الْقُدْسِ al-qudsi	—

Synonyms

• أُورُشَلِيم (ʔūrušalīm)
• بَيْت الْمُقَدَّس (bayt al-muqaddas)

Descendants

• → Belarusian: Аль-Ку́дс (Alʹ-Kúds)
• → Bengali: কুদুস (kudus)
• → English: al-Quds

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق د س
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic الْقُدْس (al-quds).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ɡuds/, [al.qʊds], [al.ɡʊds]

Proper noun

القدس • (al-guds) f

1. Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق د س
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic الْقُدْس (al-quds).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il.ʔuds/, [ɪlˈʔʊds]

• Audio (al-Lidd)

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Proper noun

القدس • (il-ʔuds) f

1. Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)

See also

• مقدسي (maʔdisi, “Jerusalemite”)