قواعد ḳawāʼiﻌd A s. m. plur. of قاعده q. v. Rules: also, military evolution or exercise, drill, re- view.

قلفي ḳulf-ī A. (corrupt. for قفلي ḳufl-ī, Shut or locked) s. f. 1. A small ḥuḳḳa snake. 2. A cup with a cover (peculiarly, in which ice is moulded).

قبيله ḳabīla A s. m. 1. A family, a tribe. 2. A wife.

قربت ḳurbat A s. f. Nearness, relationship.

قامت ḳāmat A (from قوم Heb. To stand) s. f. Stature, shape, form, figure, body.

قايد ḳāʼịd A (part. act. of قود) s. m. 1. A leader, a general. 2. The star in the tail of the lesser bear.

قوام ḳawām A (from قوم Heb. ) s. m. Justice, equity. ¶ ḳiwām, That on which any thing rests, or in which it consists, essence, sirup.

قاف ḳāf A (from قوف To trace oneʼs footsteps, or rather Heb. and Chald. To revolve or go round) s. m. A fabulous mountain, supposed to surround the world, and bound the horizon. It rests on the stone Sakhrat, an entire emerald, which covers the azure colour of the sky. 2. Mount Caucasus.

قدامت ḳadāmat A (vulg. ḳidāmat, from قدم) s. f. Priority, seniority, ancientness; excellence, worthiness.

قدرت ḳudrat A (from قدر) s. f. 1. Power, au- thority. 2. Omnipotence.