See also: قايم

Arabic edit

Root
ق و م (q-w-m)

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قَائِم (qāʔim) (common plural قُوَّم (quwwam) or قُيَّم (quyyam), masculine plural قَائِمُون (qāʔimūn) or قُوَّام (quwwām) or قِيَام (qiyām) or قُيَّام (quyyām), feminine plural قَائِمَات (qāʔimāt) or قَوَائِم (qawāʔim))

  1. active participle of قَامَ (qāma)
  2. vertical, erect, upright
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:64:
      وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّدًا وَقِيَامًا
      wallaḏīna yabītūna lirabbihim sujjadan waqiyāman
      ˹They are˺ those who spend ˹a good portion of˺ the night, prostrating themselves and standing before their Lord.
  3. (geometry) perpendicular

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