قَوْمٌ group in Arabic
قَوْمٌ is how you say “group” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فإذا وجدوا قومًا يذكرون الله عز وجل،
When they find a group remembering Allah, the Glorious and Majestic,
قَوْمًا a group
This is the object of 'found', in the accusative and indefinite — 'a group / company'. The accusative marks it as what they find; a relative clause describing it follows.
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وإن سألت عن الهالكين فقوم رضوا بالمياه الكدر،
And if you ask about the doomed, they are people who were content with murky waters,
فَقَوْمٌ so they are people
The fused front letter is the 'then' opening the answer to the earlier 'if'. The noun is the reply's subject in the plain subject ending; its indefinite shape, 'a people', presents them as a fresh, non-specific category being introduced as the answer.
ثُمَّ قَامَ الْقَوْمُ فَضَرَبُوهُ حَتَّى أَضْجَعُوهُ،
Then the people stood up and beat him until they knocked him down.
الْقَوْمُ the people
The al- marks it definite — *the* particular crowd. Though one word, it names a collective body, and it is the real doer of the singular verb just before it, which is why that verb did not show plural endings.
فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ لِعَامِرِ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ
Then a man from the people said to Amir ibn al-Akwa.
الْقَوْمِ the people
The al- prefix makes this definite, the specific company on the journey. After the preposition it takes the genitive shape, naming the group the man is drawn from.
ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ قَوْمٌ بُهْتٌ،
Then he said, 'O Messenger of God, the Jews are a bewildered people.'
قَوْمٌ a people
An indefinite noun 'a people' serving as the predicate of the emphasized statement: the Jews are such a people. Its indefinite shape keeps the description general, and it carries the adjective that follows it.