قدوم

Arabic

Etymology 1

Noun

قُدُوم • (qudūm) m

1. verbal noun of قَدِمَ (qadima) and قَدَمَ (qadama) (form I)
2. arrival; coming

   شُكْرًا لِقُدُومِكَ! (to a man) ― šukran li-qudūmika! ― Thank you for coming!

   شُكْرًا لِقُدُومِكِ! (to a woman) ― šukran li-qudūmiki! ― Thank you for coming!

Declension

Declension of noun قُدُوم (qudūm)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قُدُوم qudūm	الْقُدُوم al-qudūm	قُدُوم qudūm
nominative	قُدُومٌ qudūmun	الْقُدُومُ al-qudūmu	قُدُومُ qudūmu
accusative	قُدُومًا qudūman	الْقُدُومَ al-qudūma	قُدُومَ qudūma
genitive	قُدُومٍ qudūmin	الْقُدُومِ al-qudūmi	قُدُومِ qudūmi

Etymology 2

قَدُّوم

Borrowed from Aramaic *קדדומא (qaddūmā) from קְדַד (qəḏaḏ, “to cut, to tear”). Cognate to Arabic قَدَّ (qadda, “to cut”), compare Hebrew קדדם (“axe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qad.duːm/, /qa.duːm/
• (Andalus) IPA^(key): /qaj.duːm/

Noun

قَدُوم • (qadūm) f (plural قَدَائِم (qadāʔim) or قُدُم (qudum))
قَدُّوم • (qaddūm) f (plural قَدَادِيم (qadādīm))

2. adze, pick

Declension

Declension of noun قَدُوم (qadūm)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَدُوم qadūm	الْقَدُوم al-qadūm	قَدُوم qadūm
nominative	قَدُومٌ qadūmun	الْقَدُومُ al-qadūmu	قَدُومُ qadūmu
accusative	قَدُومًا qadūman	الْقَدُومَ al-qadūma	قَدُومَ qadūma
genitive	قَدُومٍ qadūmin	الْقَدُومِ al-qadūmi	قَدُومِ qadūmi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَدُومَيْن qadūmayn	الْقَدُومَيْن al-qadūmayn	قَدُومَيْ qadūmay
nominative	قَدُومَانِ qadūmāni	الْقَدُومَانِ al-qadūmāni	قَدُومَا qadūmā
accusative	قَدُومَيْنِ qadūmayni	الْقَدُومَيْنِ al-qadūmayni	قَدُومَيْ qadūmay
genitive	قَدُومَيْنِ qadūmayni	الْقَدُومَيْنِ al-qadūmayni	قَدُومَيْ qadūmay
plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَدَائِم‎; قُدُم qadāʔim‎; qudum	الْقَدَائِم‎; الْقُدُم al-qadāʔim‎; al-qudum	قَدَائِم‎; قُدُم qadāʔim‎; qudum
nominative	قَدَائِمُ‎; قُدُمٌ qadāʔimu‎; qudumun	الْقَدَائِمُ‎; الْقُدُمُ al-qadāʔimu‎; al-qudumu	قَدَائِمُ‎; قُدُمُ qadāʔimu‎; qudumu
accusative	قَدَائِمَ‎; قُدُمًا qadāʔima‎; quduman	الْقَدَائِمَ‎; الْقُدُمَ al-qadāʔima‎; al-quduma	قَدَائِمَ‎; قُدُمَ qadāʔima‎; quduma
genitive	قَدَائِمَ‎; قُدُمٍ qadāʔima‎; qudumin	الْقَدَائِمِ‎; الْقُدُمِ al-qadāʔimi‎; al-qudumi	قَدَائِمِ‎; قُدُمِ qadāʔimi‎; qudumi

Declension of noun قَدُّوم (qaddūm)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَدُّوم qaddūm	الْقَدُّوم al-qaddūm	قَدُّوم qaddūm
nominative	قَدُّومٌ qaddūmun	الْقَدُّومُ al-qaddūmu	قَدُّومُ qaddūmu
accusative	قَدُّومًا qaddūman	الْقَدُّومَ al-qaddūma	قَدُّومَ qaddūma
genitive	قَدُّومٍ qaddūmin	الْقَدُّومِ al-qaddūmi	قَدُّومِ qaddūmi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَدُّومَيْن qaddūmayn	الْقَدُّومَيْن al-qaddūmayn	قَدُّومَيْ qaddūmay
nominative	قَدُّومَانِ qaddūmāni	الْقَدُّومَانِ al-qaddūmāni	قَدُّومَا qaddūmā
accusative	قَدُّومَيْنِ qaddūmayni	الْقَدُّومَيْنِ al-qaddūmayni	قَدُّومَيْ qaddūmay
genitive	قَدُّومَيْنِ qaddūmayni	الْقَدُّومَيْنِ al-qaddūmayni	قَدُّومَيْ qaddūmay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَدَادِيم qadādīm	الْقَدَادِيم al-qadādīm	قَدَادِيم qadādīm
nominative	قَدَادِيمُ qadādīmu	الْقَدَادِيمُ al-qadādīmu	قَدَادِيمُ qadādīmu
accusative	قَدَادِيمَ qadādīma	الْقَدَادِيمَ al-qadādīma	قَدَادِيمَ qadādīma
genitive	قَدَادِيمَ qadādīma	الْقَدَادِيمِ al-qadādīmi	قَدَادِيمِ qadādīmi

Descendants

• Maltese: qaduma
• Moroccan Arabic: قادوم (qādūm)

Etymology 3

Noun

قُدُوم • (qudūm) m pl

1. plural of قَادِم (qādim)

Adjective

قُدُوم • (qudūm) m pl

1. masculine plural of قَادِم (qādim)

References

• Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 314–315
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قدوم”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 316
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 84
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قدوم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 410
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “قدوم”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 691
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قدوم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1008

Chadian Arabic

Root
ق د م
3 terms

Etymology

Compare Maltese geddum (“chin; lower jaw; snout”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

قدوم • (gaddūm) m (plural قداديم (gadādīm))

1. (anatomy) mouth
   • 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic]‎^[5], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, رُؤية [Revelation] 13:2:

     وَ الْحَيْوَانْ دَا، هُو يِشَابِهْ مِثِلْ نِمِرْ وَ رِجِلَيْنَهْ مِثِلْ رِجِلَيْن الدُّبّ وَ قَدُّومَهْ مِثِلْ قَدُّومْ الدُّودْ. [...]

     wa l-haywān da, hu yišābih misil nimir wa rijilēnah misil rijilēn al-dubb wa gaddūmah misil gaddūm al-dūd. [...]

     And this animal, it resembles a leopard, its legs are like a bear's legs, and its mouth is like the mouth of a lion. [...]

References

• Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎^[6] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 49
• Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999) Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 477