أقام

From the root ق و م (q w m). Cognate with Hebrew הֵקִים (hekím).

أَقَامَ • (ʔaqāma) IV (non-past يُقِيمُ (yuqīmu), verbal noun إِقَامَة (ʔiqāma) or إِقَام (ʔiqām) or مُقَام (muqām))

1. to raise, to lift
2. to set up, to erect
3. to establish, to found
4. to appoint, to nominate [with accusative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘as someone’]
5. to put in charge [with accusative ‘someone’ and عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘of something’]
6. (transitive) to awaken
7. to resurrect, to raise from the dead
8. to stay, to reside, to abide [with بِ (bi) ‘somewhere’]
9. to hold (a meeting, a celebration, a competition, a reception, etc.)
10. to celebrate (a festival)
11. to persist [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘in something’]
12. to sustain (someone) (of food)
13. to perform (an action)
14. to observe (a prayer)

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “أقام”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2995.