قد
العربية
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قد¹
- /qad.da/
Where it comes from
Inherited from Proto-Semitic, probably of onomatopoeic origin. See قَتَّ (qatta).
Cognate to Hebrew קָדַד (qāḏaḏ), Aramaic קָדַד (qāḏaḏ, “to cut out”), Classical Syriac ܩܰܕ (qadd, “to tear or cut away”), Ge'ez ቀደ (ḳäddä, “to cut open, to tear apart”), Mehri ḳdd (“to shave off, to cut off, to scalp”).
verb قَدَّ · qadda · يَقُدُّ · قَدّ · قَادّ
- to cut into strips
- to cut off, to chop off
- to cut out
قد²
- /qadd/
noun قَدّ · qadd · قِدَاد · قُدُود · أَقُدّ · أَقِدَّة
- verbal noun of قَدَّ (qadda) (form I)
- cutting, cutting off
- size, stature, figure
- length
- definite measure or quantity
- equal of a person or thing
- lambskin
- strip, shred
- split
- caesura
قد³
- /qad/
Where it comes from
From the root ق د د (q d d) in the sense of being a thing separated or cut apart, a thing distinct with its own measure and shape, a defined piece; extended semantically to a secure definite thing, a certainty, hence the past tense implying a thing has already been set or definitive.
The non-past tense stems from the idea of something intended, likely expected, planned to be, measured to occur, or cut out to happen.
particle قَدْ · qad
- Indicates nearness in time or recentness, recently, just now قَدْ وَصَلَ
- Indicates nonveridicality, might, could, may قَدْ يَكُونُ كَذٰلِكَ
- Expresses emphasis قَدْ يَعْلَمُ اللَّهُ الْمُعَوِّقِينَ مِنْكُمْ وَٱلْقَائِلِينَ لِإِخْوَانِهِمْ هَلُمَّ إِلَيْنَا وَلَا يَأْتُونَ الْبَأْسَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
قد⁴
- /qudd/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from English cod, as the range of the fish does not overlap with typical Arabic-speaking areas; compare Hebrew קוד (kod, “cod”). Compare also its other names مُورَة (mūra, “cod”) borrowed from French morue, and غادُس (ḡādus, “cod”) borrowed from Latin gadus (“generic term for fish; cod”). But the word قُدّ as a type of fish appears in two early Arabic-Arabic dictionaries, the Qamus of al-Fīrūzābādī (1329–1414) and the 'Ubaab of al-Saghānī (1181-1252), suggesting that a borrowing from English is most improbable. Perhaps from Greek γάδος?
noun قُدّ · qudd · الْقُدّ · قُدٌّ
- cod (the fish)
In English
Talk about this word "قد." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%AF. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. قد. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%AF "قد." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%AF.Cite this
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