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قَائِمَةٌ standing in Arabic

قَائِمَةٌ is how you say “standing” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

إِذْ هُوَ بِهَا قَائِمَةٌ عِنْدَهُ،

Just then it stood beside him,

قَائِمَةٌ standing

This is an active participle ('standing'), a verb-based describing word, with a feminine ending that agrees with the feminine mount it describes. That feminine agreement is what confirms the real subject is the she-mount, not the masculine anticipatory pronoun used to open the clause.

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More example sentences

وَالْحَرْبُ قَائِمَةٌ بَيْنَهُمَا

And the war between the two of them continues.

قَائِمَةٌ is ongoing

A participle-based adjective ('standing/ongoing') working as the comment on 'the war' before it. It takes the feminine ending to agree with that noun, which is feminine in Arabic. Arabic states 'the war is ongoing' by simply placing this word after the noun, with no verb 'is'.

From Patience and the Human Self

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