Quranic root
قدو
q · d · w
The root centers on taking guidance or a model from something and following or matching it.
The lexical development extends from model-guided imitation and correspondence to the exemplar itself, measurement, and adherence to an established course. The record also preserves a separate specialized branch for first arrivals and an exceptional branch concerning the pleasant smell of meat.
- Maqāyīs · row 3738
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- Quran-attested forms
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- Quran senses
- 2
- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
اِقْتَدَى
āiqtadā
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form VIII
- Form
- VIII
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To follow or imitate an exemplar, model, or established guidance.
The supplied Quran occurrence is an imperative directing the addressee to follow an established model or guidance.
- Lane · entry 20879
Selected Quran examples
Quran 6:90word 6
“you follow”
مُقْتَدٍ
muqtadin
- Part of speech
- Active participle
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
One who follows or imitates an exemplar, model, or established practice.
The supplied Quran occurrence is a masculine plural active participle referring to those who follow an established example or practice.
- Lane · entry 20879
Selected Quran examples
Quran 43:23word 21
“(are) following”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 2 occurrencesBroader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 6 Classical meanings
قُدْوَةٌ
An exemplar, pattern, or model for imitation; a person or thing taken as an example.
A noun naming the model or object of imitation, distinct from the derived act of following it.
- Lane · entry 20879
قِدَى
A measure or standard of correspondence, especially the measure of a spear.
Attested in the expression قِدَى رُمْحٍ, referring to its measure or comparative extent.
- Maqāyīs · row 3738
قَدْوٌ
An origin or source from which branches develop.
A noun for the original from which derivative branches or offshoots proceed.
- Maqāyīs · row 3738
قَدَا، تَقَدَّى
To proceed according to an established course, or to travel in a straight and orderly manner.
A classical usage describing adherence to a settled manner of travel or conduct.
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قَادِيَةٌ
The first members of a group to arrive at or come upon someone.
A noun for the initial arrivals from a company of people.
- Lane · entry 20881
قَدَا اللَّحْمُ
To give off a pleasant smell, said of meat.
An explicitly exceptional lexical branch, marked as separate from the main model-and-following semantic family.
- Maqāyīs · row 3738
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic verb is attested in the packet as an imperative but is displayed under the normalized perfect citation form اِقْتَدَى; the nominal is normalized from the supplied masculine plural active participle.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
The Maqayis entry appends قِنْدَأْوٌ, glossed as a strong-backed, short-necked man, but its lexical relation to قَدَوَ is not established clearly enough to assign it as a meaning of this root.