مدة
Arabic edit
Root |
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م د د (m-d-d) |
Pronunciation 1 edit
Noun edit
مُدَّة • (mudda) f (plural مُدَد (mudad))
Declension edit
Declension of noun مُدَّة (mudda)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مُدَّة mudda |
الْمُدَّة al-mudda |
مُدَّة muddat |
Nominative | مُدَّةٌ muddatun |
الْمُدَّةُ al-muddatu |
مُدَّةُ muddatu |
Accusative | مُدَّةً muddatan |
الْمُدَّةَ al-muddata |
مُدَّةَ muddata |
Genitive | مُدَّةٍ muddatin |
الْمُدَّةِ al-muddati |
مُدَّةِ muddati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | مُدَّتَيْن muddatayn |
الْمُدَّتَيْن al-muddatayn |
مُدَّتَيْ muddatay |
Nominative | مُدَّتَانِ muddatāni |
الْمُدَّتَانِ al-muddatāni |
مُدَّتَا muddatā |
Accusative | مُدَّتَيْنِ muddatayni |
الْمُدَّتَيْنِ al-muddatayni |
مُدَّتَيْ muddatay |
Genitive | مُدَّتَيْنِ muddatayni |
الْمُدَّتَيْنِ al-muddatayni |
مُدَّتَيْ muddatay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مُدَد mudad |
الْمُدَد al-mudad |
مُدَد mudad |
Nominative | مُدَدٌ mudadun |
الْمُدَدُ al-mudadu |
مُدَدُ mudadu |
Accusative | مُدَدًا mudadan |
الْمُدَدَ al-mudada |
مُدَدَ mudada |
Genitive | مُدَدٍ mudadin |
الْمُدَدِ al-mudadi |
مُدَدِ mudadi |
Descendants edit
- Maltese: medda
- → Azerbaijani: müddət
- → Bashkir: мөҙҙәт (möźźət)
- → Persian: مدت (moddat)
- → Swahili: muda
- → Tajik: муддат (muddat)
- → Ottoman Turkish: مدت
- Turkish: müddet
- → Uzbek: muddat
Pronunciation 2 edit
Noun edit
مَدَّة • (madda) f
- maddah (Arabic diacritic placed over alif, indicating a glottal stop followed by a long vowel)
Declension edit
Declension of noun مَدَّة (madda)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مَدَّة madda |
الْمَدَّة al-madda |
مَدَّة maddat |
Nominative | مَدَّةٌ maddatun |
الْمَدَّةُ al-maddatu |
مَدَّةُ maddatu |
Accusative | مَدَّةً maddatan |
الْمَدَّةَ al-maddata |
مَدَّةَ maddata |
Genitive | مَدَّةٍ maddatin |
الْمَدَّةِ al-maddati |
مَدَّةِ maddati |
Pronunciation 3 edit
Preposition edit
مُدَّةَ • (muddata)
- during, within, in the course of
- فَأَسْرَعَ جُحَا إِلَى حِذَائِهِ... لَبِسَهُ... وَمَشَى مُدَّةَ سَاعَتَيْنِ... ثُمَّ جَلَسَ وَحِيدًا بَعْدَ أَنْ تَعِبَ مِنْ الْمَشْيِ... ― faʔasraʕa juḥā ʔilā ḥiḏāʔihi... labisahu... wamašā muddata sāʕatayni... ṯumma jalasa waḥīdan baʕda ʔan taʕiba min al-mašyi... ― So Joha hurried to his shoes... put them on... walked for two hours... then he sat alone after he got tired of walking...
References edit
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “مد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
South Levantine Arabic edit
Root |
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م د د |
3 terms |
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
مدّة • (mudde) f
- period of time, while
- Synonym: فترة (fatra)
See also edit
- وقت (waʔt, “time”)