Arabic

Verb

قَدُسَ • ‎(qadusa) I, non-past يَقْدُسُ‎ (yaqdusu)

1. to be pure, to be immaculate
2. to be holy

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قدس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “قدس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

Causative of قَدُسَ ‎(qadusa).

Verb

قَدَّسَ • ‎(qaddasa) II, non-past يُقَدِّسُ‎ (yuqaddisu)

1. to purify
2. to sanctify
3. to consecrate (something) to God
4. to worship, to venerate
5. (Christianity) to say or hear Mass
6. (Christianity) to canonize

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قدس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “قدس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 3

Noun

قُدْس or قُدُس • ‎(quds or qudus) m ‎(plural أَقْدَاس ‎(ʾaqdās))

1. verbal noun of قَدُسَ ‎(qadusa, “to be pure, to be holy”) (form I)
2. purity
3. sanctity, holiness
4. shrine, sanctuary
5. Paradise

Declension

Derived terms

• الْقُدْس ‎(al-quds, “Jerusalem”)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قدس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “قدس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4