قَاعِدٌ

[act. particle n. of قَعَدَ] Sitting; sitting down; plural قُعُودٌ (Msb) and قُعَّادٌ and قَاعِدُونَ: (TA:) feminine قَاعِدَةٌ; plural قَوَاعِدُ and قَاعِدَاتٌ. (Msb.)

(assumed tropical:) A sack full of grain; (IAar, K;) as though by reason of its fulness it were sitting. (IAar.)

[And from قَعَدَ in the third meaning,] قَاعِدٌ عَنِ الغَزْوِ (tropical:) A man holding back, or abstaining, from warring and plundering: plural قُعَّادٌ and قَاعِدُونَ; and quasi-plural n. قَعَدٌ: (L:) which last is also explained as signifying those who have no دِيوَان [or register in which they are enrolled as soldiers and stipendiaries], (S, A, L, K,) and (as some say, L) who do not go forth to fight. (L, K.)

[And hence, the plural] قَعَدٌ, [which is, properly speaking, a quasi-plural n.,] like حَارِسٌ and حَرَسٌ, (S,) and خَادِمٌ and خَدَمٌ: (TA:) [The Abstainers, or Separatists:] the قَعَد (so in the S, L, K: in the A, and some copies of the K, قَعَدَة:) are (tropical:) The [schismatics called] خَوَارِج: (K:) or certain of the خوارج; (S;) a people of the خوارج who held back (قَعَدُوا) from aiding 'Alee, and from fighting against him; (A;) certain of the حَرُورِيَّة; (L;) the [schismatics called] شُرَاة, who hold the doctrine that government belongs only to God, but do not war; (IAar, L;) who hold the doctrine that government belongs only to God, but do not go forth to war against a people. (L.)

[And the singular,] قَاعِدٌ (tropical:) A woman who has ceased to bear children, (S, K,) and to have the menstrual discharge, (ISk, S, K,) and to have a husband: (Zj, K:) or an old woman, advanced in years: (IAth:) plural قَوَاعِدُ: (ISk, S:) when you mean “ sitting, ” you say قَاعِدَةٌ. (ISk, IAth.)

نَخْلَةٌ قَاعِدَةٌ (tropical:) A palm-tree bearing fruit one year and not another: (A, TA:) or, that has not borne fruit in its year. (IKtt.)

Also, قَاعِدٌ, A palm-tree: or a young palm-tree: plural [or rather quasi-plural n.] قَعَدٌ, like as خَدَمٌ is of خَادِمٌ. (L.)

قَاعِدٌ (tropical:) A young palm-tree having a trunk: (A, K:) or, [of] which [the branches] may be reached by the hand. (S, K.) Ex. فِى أَرْضِهِمْ كَذَا مِنَ القَاعِدِ In their land are so many young palm-trees having trunks. (A.) Thus it is used us a gen. n. (TA.)

رَحًى قَاعِدَةٌ A mill which one turns by the handle with the hand. (L.)

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حَلَبْتَ قَاعِدًا: see article حلب.