1 قَدَمَ القَوْمَ ذ , aor. قَدُمَ , inf. n. قَدْمٌ (S, * Msb, K) and قُدُومٌ ; (K;) and ; (S, * Msb, K;) and ; and ; (K:) He became before the people: (TA:) syn. سَبَقَهُمْ ; (Msb;) he preceded them; went before them; took precedence of them; headed them; led them, so as to serve as an example, or object of imitation. -b2- See أَمَّهُمْ . -b3- قَدِمَ البَلَدَ , aor. قَدَمَ , inf. n. قُدُومٌ and مَقْدَمٌ , [ He came to, or arrived at, the town, &c.] (Msb.) أَخْذَنِى مَا قَدُمَ وَماَ حَدُثَ : see art. حدث . -b4- قَدِمَ عَلَى الأَمْرِ i. q. عَلَيْهِ [ He advanced boldly to undertake the affair ]. (TA.) See an ex. in a verse voce مُضَافٌ . -b5- See 6.

2 قَدَّمَ زَيْدًا إِلَى الحَائِطِ ذ He brought Zeyd near, or caused him to draw near, or to approach, to the wall. (Msb.) -b2- قَدَّمَهُ He put it forward; offered it; proffered it. -b3- He brought, and brought forward, him or it. -b4- قَدَّمَ لَهُ طَعَامًا He proffered, offered, or presented to him, food. -b5- قَدَّمَ He did good or evil previously, or beforehand: (Bd, and Jel in xxxvi. 11; &c.:) he laid up in store. (Bd in xii. 48.) See زَلَّفَهُ . -b6- قَدَّمَ He made foremost; put, brought, or sent, forward; he advanced him or it: he promoted him. -b7- قَدَّمَهُ عَلَى غَيَرِهِ , inf. n. تَقْدِيمٌ , He made him, or it, to be before, or have precedence of, another, in time: and in place; i. e. he placed, or put, him, or it, before another; or made him, or it, to precede another: and in rank, or dignity; i. e. he preferred him, or it, before another; or honoured, or esteemed, him, or it, above another. (Kull, p. 104.) -b8- قَدَّمَهُ لِكَذَا He prepared it, or provided it beforehand, for such a thing. See Kur, xii. 48. -b9- قَدَّمَ عِنْدَ ٱللّٰهِ خَيْرًا He prepared, or provided in store, for himself, good, [i. e. a reward, ] with God. (A and Mgh in art. حسب .) -b10- قدّم لَهُ الثَّمَنَ He paid him in advance, or beforehand, the price. -b11- قَدَّمَ أَنْ پَفْعَلَ كَذَا He preferred doing such a thing; syn. آثَرَ , i. e. فَضَّلَ . (M in art. أَثر .) [Hence, قَدَّمَ العَجْزَ فِىالشَّىْءِ He preferred backwardness with respect to the thing. ] (See فَرَّطَ and فُرُطٌ : and see Kull, p. 279.) -b12- قَدَّمَ syn. with تَقَدَّمَ , q. v.: like as أَخَّرَ is with تَأَخَّرَ : so in the Kur, xli. 1. (TA, art, أخر .) -b13- قَدَّمَ [is trans. and intrans.: for its significations as an intrans. v., see its syn. تقدّم , and see 1:] as a trans. v. it is contr. of أَخَّرَ . (Msb, art. أخر .) -b14- قَدَّمَ is syn. with بَدَأَ بِهِ . (Mgh and Msb in art. بدأ .) -b15- قَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ فِى كَذَا : see تَقَدَّمَ . -b16- See تَأَذَّنَ voce آذَنَ . -b17- قَدَّمَ أَوْلَادًا and قَدَّمَتْهُ

4 أَقْدَمَ ذ He was bold, or audacious. -b2- أَقْدَمَ عَلَى الأَمْرِ He ventured upon, or addressed himself to, the thing boldly, courageously, or daringly; (S, K;) he attempted it. -b3- أَقْدَمَ على قِرْنِهِ He behaved boldly, courageously, or daringly, against his adversary; (Msb;) he attached him. -b4- See 1. -b5- أَقْدِمْ , (improperly إِقْدِمْ ,) said to a horse, Advance boldly! (S.) So rendered voce أَهَابَ , and هَبْ .

5 تَقَدَّمَ ذ He was, or became, or went, before, or ahead; preceded; had, or took, precedence; contr. of تَأَخَّرَ , q. v. See 1. -b2- تَقَدَّمَ إِلَى الحَائِطِ He drew near, or approached, to the wall. (Msb.) -b3- تَقَدَّمَ He advanced; went forward, or onward. (L, art. قود .) -b4- تَقَدَّمَ عَلَى الحَقِّ : see Bd, xviii. 27. -b5- تَقَدَّمَ He became advanced, or promoted. -b6- تَقَدَّمَ مِنْهُ كَلاَمٌ : see فَرَطَ : but the primary meaning is, Speech proceeded from him previously. -b7- تَقَدَّمَ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ quasi-pass. of قَدَّمَهُ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ ; He, or it, was, or became, before, or had precedence of, another, in time: and in place; i. e. he, or it, was, or became, before another; preceded another; went before another: and in rank, or dignity; i. e. he, or it, was, or became, preferred before another; or honoured, or esteemed, above another: in all these senses like تَقَدَّمَ غَيْرَهُ . See بَكَّرَ . -b8- تَقَدَّمَ فِى أَمْرٍ [ He was forward in an affair ] قَبْلَ فِعْلِهِ [ before doing it ]. (A'Obeyd, T in art. رمى .) -b9- تَقَدَّمَ i. q. سَبَقَ ; (K, art. سبق , &c.;) and contr. of تَأَخَّرَ . (TA, art. أخر .) -b10- تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ فِى كَذَا , (K,) or بِكَذَا , (Msb,) or both, (Mgh,) He commanded, ordered, bade, charged, or enjoined, him respecting, or to do, such a thing; (Mgh, Msb, K;) as also , inf. n. تَقْدِيمٌ . (Msb.)

6 تَقَادَمَ ذ is best rendered It became old: and it was old.