qadim

Maltese

Root
q-d-m
13 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic قَدِيم (qadīm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdiːm/
• Rhymes: -iːm

Adjective

qadim (feminine singular qadima, plural qodma, diminutive qdajjem or qdejjem, comparative eqdem or aqdam or aqdem)

1. old (of things)

   Antonym: ġdid

   Coordinate term: (of people) xiħ

   • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħolma tan-Natura”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:

     U meta tiġi x-xitwa erħilha teqred
     bir-rxiex, bis-silġ, bil-bard, bir-riħ u rwiefen
     il-ħlejjaq qodma: weraq sfajra u morda,
     u rix mitbiela,

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• qadim ta’ pizzolu
• żminijiet qodma

Uzbek

Other scripts

Arabic (Afghan Uzbek)		قدیم
Cyrillic		қадим
Latin		qadim

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai قدیم (qdym), from Arabic قَدِيم (qadīm).

Noun

qadim

1. ancient times

   qadimdan ― from ancient times

Declension

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Further reading

• “qadim“ in izoh.uz