قدس
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قدس¹
Where it comes from
From Proto-Semitic *ḳudš- (“holy”). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew קָדוֹשׁ (qɔḏoš, “holy”), Hebrew קודש / קֹדֶשׁ (qṓḏeš), Old South Arabian 𐩤𐩵𐩪 (qds¹) and Ge'ez ቅዱስ (ḳədus).
verb قَدُسَ · qadusa · يَقْدُسُ · قُدْس · قُدُس · قَدَاسَة
- to be pure, to be immaculate
- to be holy, to be sacred
noun قُدُس · قُدْس · qudus · quds · أَقْدَاس
- verbal noun of قَدُسَ (qadusa, “to be pure, to be holy”) (form I)
- purity
- sanctity, holiness
- shrine, sanctuary
- Paradise
قدس²
Where it comes from
Causative of قَدُسَ (qadusa).
verb قَدَّسَ · qaddasa · يُقَدِّسُ · تَقْدِيس · مُقَدِّس
- to purify
- to sanctify
- to consecrate (something) to God
- to worship, to venerate
- to say or hear Mass
- to canonize
قدس³
noun قَدَس · qadas · أَقْدَاس · قُدُوس · الْقَدَس
- alternative form of قَادُوس (qādūs, “scoop, dipper”)
In English
- consecrate declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
- canonize to declare as a saint
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