Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

قُدْرَةٌ

Root: قدر

Full Definition

قُدْرَةٌ and and مَقْدَرَةٌ and and قَدْرٌ and قَدَرٌ and قِدْرَانٌ and مِقْدَارٌ and مَقْدَرٌ and قَدَارٌ and قِدَارٌ and قَدَارَةٌ and قُدُورَةٌ and قُدُورٌ Power; ability. See قَدَرْتُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ.
2 Hence, the first and second and third and fourth and fifth, or all excepting قَدَرٌ and مَقْدَرٌ, [and there seems to be no reason for not adding these two,] Competence, or sufficiency; richness. You say رَجُلٌ ذُو قُدْرَةٍ, and , and , and . A man possessing competence, or riches.


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