qʕd / Semitic roots
Examples of words with the root qʕd: al-Qaeda, Dhu'l-Qa'dah.
qʕd
Central Semitic, to bend, sit.
a. Dhu'l-Qa'dah, from Arabic ḏūl-qaʕda, the one of the sitting (perhaps referring to staying at home instead of going to war, since this is the first of the months in which fighting is forbidden), from qaʕda, sitting;;
b. al-Qaeda, from Arabic al-qāʕida, the foundation, the base. Both a and b from qaʕada, to sit.
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