ܩܕܡ

From Aramaic קְדַם‎ (qəḏam); related to Arabic قَدَمَ‎ (qadama) and Hebrew קָדַם‎ (kadám).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [qɑːdemː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [qɑːðɪmː]

ܩܵܕܹܡ • (qādēm) (present participle ܩܕܵܡܵܐ‎ (qdāmā), past participle ܩܕܝܼܡܵܐ‎ (qdīmā))

1. to precede, to come before

• (standard) IPA^(key): [qad.dɪm.]

ܩܲܕܸܡ • (qaddim) (present participle ܩܲܕܘܼܡܹܐ‎ (qaddūmē), past participle ܩܘܼܕܡܵܐ‎ (qūdmā))

1. to prefer, favour

   Synonym: ܡܲܛܐܸܒ݂‎ (maṭˀiḇ)

2. to apply, register, sign up

   Synonyms: ܡܲܟܬܸܒ݂‎ (maktiḇ), ܣܲܓܸܠ‎ (saggil)

Picture dictionary
ܩܕܡ ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ‎ ܠܬܸܚܬ ܡ̣ܢ‎ ܓܲܘ‎ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ‎ ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ‎ ܥܲܠ‎ ܓܹܢ݇ܒ/‎ ܠܟܸܣ‎ ܬ݇ܚܘܿܬ݂‎ ܒܹܝܢ‎
Prepositions of location

From the older form Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Aramaic קֳדָם‎ (qŏḏām); related to Hebrew קֹדֶם‎ (kódem) and Akkadian 𒁾𒊕 (qudmu [DUB.SAG]).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [qam.]

ܩܵܕ݇ܡ • (qām)

1. before, in advance of, prior to

   ‏ܥܪܘܿܩ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܡܵܛܹܐ‎ ― ˁrōq qām māṭē ― Flee before he arrives

   ‏ܕܲܩܝܼܩܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܫܘܼܠܵܡܵܐ‎ ― daqīqā min qām šūlāmā ― A minute before the end

   ‏ܐܵܢܵܐ ܐܵܙܹܠ݇ܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܡܸܢܵܗ̇‎‎ ― ānā āzēn qammāyā qām minnāh ― I go first before her

2. before, in front of, facing

   ‏ܨܠܝܼ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܝܵܡܵܐ‎ ― ṣlī qām yāmā ― Go down in front of the sea

   ‏ܟܹܐ ܡܵܘܕܹܝܢ ܩܵܕ݇ܡܘܼܟ݂‎‎ ― kē māwdēn qāmūḵ ― I give thanks before you

3. ago

   ‏ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܬܪܹܝܢ ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ‎ ― qām trēn yāwmānē ― Two days ago

   ‏ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠ ܠܹܗ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܚܲܡܸܫ ܫܵܥܹ̈ܐ‎ ― zīl lēh qām ḥammiš šāˁē ― He left 5 hours ago

• The English adverb and preposition before is translated as ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܗܵܕܲܟ݂‎ (qām hādaḵ) or a phrase like ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ‎ (qām ˁiddānā, literally “before (this) time”) or ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܐܵܕܝܼܵܐ‎ (qām ādīyā, literally “before now”) used as an adverb.

  ‏ܗܸܟ̃ ܠܹܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕܵܐ ܐܵܗܵܐ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ‎ ― hič lē ìwen ˁḇīdā āhā qām ˁiddānā ― I have never done this before

• ܒܵܬ݇ܪ‎ (bār)

• ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ‎ (qām mšīḥā, “BC, BCE”, literally “before Christ”)

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

• IPA^(key): [q(ə)ðam]

ܩܕܡ • (transliteration needed)

1. to precede, to come before

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

• ܩܕܝܡ‎

• IPA^(key): [q(ə)ðɑm]

ܩܕܡ • (transliteration needed)

1. before

ܩܕܡ • (transliteration needed)

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

Takes type-II suffixes.

• ܒܬܪ‎

• “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