قام

Etymology

From the root ق و م‎ (q-w-m). Compare Hebrew קָם‎ (kam), Ge’ez ቆመ (ḳomä).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qaː.ma/
  • (Hejazi) IPA^(key): /ɡaːm/

Verb

قَامَ • (qāma) I, non-past يَقُومُ‎‎ (yaqūmu)

1. to stand up (to rise from lying or sitting position); to get up
2. to undertake, to take upon oneself (بِ‎ (bi))

   ‏تَقُومُ بِتَمَارِينِ الرِّيَاضَةِ؟‎‎

   taqūmu bitamārīni r-riyāḍati?

   Do you do (sport) exercises?

3. to go to (إِلَى‎ (ʾilā))

   ‏شَعَرَ جُحَا بِلِصِّ فِي دَارِهِ لَيْلًا، فَقَامَ إِلَى خِزَانَةِ غُرْفَةِ النَّوْمِ وَاِخْتَبَأَ فِيهَا.‎‎

   šaʿara juḥā biliṣṣi fī dārihi laylan, faqāma ʾilā ḵizānati ḡurfati n-nawmi waḵtabaʾa fīhā.

   Juha sensed a thief in his house at night, so he went to the bedroom closet and hid in it.

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