قديم (adim) — "old, ancient" in Levantine Arabic
قديم
ʔadīm
old, ancient
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قديم in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
جدتي فاطمة وأنا قررنا نروح نتسوق بالسوق القديم هذاك اليوم، عشان نلاقي أشياء حلوة لبيتنا.
Jiddati Fatima w ana qarrarna nrouh ntsawwaq bil-souq il-qadeem hadak il-yom, 'ashan nla'i ashyaa' hilweh l-baytna.
My grandmother Fatima and I decided to go shopping in the old souk that day, to find nice things for our home.
المعلمة ليلى قالت إنها بتشتاق لصفها القديم ومكتبها الخشبي المريح.
el-mu-allime Laila qalet in-ha btishtaq la-saff-ha el-qadim wa maktab-ha el-khashabi el-muriih.
Teacher Laila said that she misses her old classroom and her comfortable wooden desk.
بيوم من الإيام، جدو أعطاه كتاب قديم ومغبر.
Be-yom min al-iyam, jiddo ataah ktab qadeem wa mghabbar.
One day, his grandfather gave him an old and dusty book.
ببنفس اللحظة، هدي صوت الرصاص وطلع من المذياع القديم خبر عن هدنة مفاجئة بتبشر بنهاية سنين القهر والوجع.
Bi-nafs al-laHza, hidi sawt al-rasas wa-tala min al-midya al-qadim khabar an hudna mufaji'a b-tbashshir bi-nihayat sinin al-qahr wal-waja.
At that same moment, the sound of bullets calmed down and news came out of the old radio about a sudden ceasefire promising the end of years of oppression and pain.
بينما كنت عم اتمشى بالسوق القديم لمحت وجه مالوف ما شفته من اكتر من عشر سنين
baynama kint aam atamashsha bissuuq alqadiim lamahat wihj maaluuf ma shifto min aktar min aashar sniin
While I was walking in the old market, I caught sight of a familiar face I hadn't seen for over ten years.
from The Stranger Friend
فجأة شفت صديقي القديم احمد
Faj'atan shuftu ṣadīqī al-qadīm Aḥmad!
Suddenly I saw my old friend Ahmed!
from A Morning Encounter
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