قاوم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق و م (q-w-m); compare قَامَ (qāma, to rise).[1]

Verb

قَاوَمَ (qāwama) III, non-past يُقَاوِمُ‎ (yuqāwimu)

  1. (transitive) to withstand, to resist

Conjugation

References

  1. “قوم” in the Supplement of Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2995, verb form III meaning to rise against, to stand against, to oppose or counterbalance, to counteract.
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