Arabic vocabulary
قَاعِدٌ is how you say “sitting” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وَالنَّاسُ بِصَلَاةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَالنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَاعِدٌ
The people were praying behind Abu Bakr, and the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, was sitting.
قَاعِدٌ — sitting. A descriptive word, 'seated', serving as the predicate of the Prophet; with no 'was' needed, its placement after the subject states his posture directly. It is the point of the contrast clause.
From: Prayer During Illness →OpenArabic teaches words like قَاعِدٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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