base in Arabic: قاعدة (qāʿidah) – meaning, pronunciation, examples

Other meanings

قَاعِدَة qāʿidah — military base
قَاعِدَة qāʿidah — base (chemistry)

How to use it

The Arabic word 'qāʿidah' (قاعدة) is very versatile. It can refer to the physical base of something, like a building, or a more abstract foundation. It's also used for military bases and in chemistry.

Example sentences

هَذِهِ قَاعِدَةُ الْبِنَايَةِ.

hādhihi qāʿidatu l-bināyati.

This is the base of the building.
تَمَّ نَقْلُ الْجُنُودِ إِلَى قَاعِدَةٍ بَعِيدَةٍ.

tamma naqlu l-junūdi ʾilā qāʿidatin baʿīdatin.

The soldiers were transferred to a distant base.
الْحَمْضُ وَالْقَاعِدَةُ يَتَفَاعَلَانِ.

al-ḥamḍu wa-l-qāʿidatu yatafāʿalāni.

The acid and the base react.

Examples from real texts

Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.

Airplane storage base.

طائرة تخزين القاعدة.

Deteriorated resource base

ألف - تدهور قاعدة الموارد

D. Base/floor salary scale

دال - جدول المرتبات الأساسية/الدنيا

B. Base/floor salary scale

باء - جدول المرتبات الأساسية/الدنيا

2. Base/floor salary scale

2 - جدول المرتبات الأساسية/الدنيا

A. Base/floor salary scale

ألف - جدول المرتبات الأساسية/الدنيا

This base was called Base Marret.

هذه القاعدة كان يسمى قاعدة ماري.

Its industrial base lies shattered.

وأصبحت قاعدتها الصناعية محطمة.

So the price of a base, to sequence a base, has fallen 100 million times.

وبالتالي سعر القاعدة، سلسلة قاعدة، قد انخفض 100 مليون مرة.

It was formed in 1950 and based in Beirut Naval Base, Lebanon’s first naval base.

تم تشكيلها في عام 1950 ومقرها في بيروت البحرية قاعدة، وقاعدة بحرية لبنان أولا.

==References====External links==* Prince Sultan Air Base at GlobalSecurity.org* Prince Sultan Air Base at CNN

* Prince Sultan Air Base at GlobalSecurity.org* Prince Sultan Air Base at CNN* قائمة مطارات السعودية

The air force operates from three major air bases, the 204th Batajnica Air Base and 98th Lađevci Air Base and Niš Air Base.

القوات الجوية تعمل من ثلاث قواعد جوية رئيسية، و204 باتاجنيكا القاعدة الجوية و98 Lađevci القاعدة الجوية ونيش القاعدة الجوية.

Questions and answers

Is 'qāʿidah' always feminine?

Yes, 'qāʿidah' is a feminine noun. Its plural is 'qawāʿid'.

What's the difference between 'qāʿidah' and 'asās'?

'Asās' (أساس) also means foundation or basis, often in a more abstract sense. 'Qāʿidah' can be more concrete, referring to a physical base or a rule/principle.