Arabic

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Root
م د ح (m d ḥ)
6 terms

Verb

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مَدَحَ (madaḥa) I (non-past يَمْدَحُ (yamdaḥu), verbal noun مَدْح (madḥ) or مِدْحَة (midḥa))

  1. to praise, to commend, to laud; to extoll, to eulogize; to compliment, to cry up
    Synonyms: حَمِدَ (ḥamida), أَشَادَ (ʔašāda), أَثْنَى (ʔaṯnā)
    Antonym: ذَمَّ (ḏamma, to dispraise, to disesteem, to denigrate; to decry; to degrade, to cry down)

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مَدَّحَ (maddaḥa) II (non-past يُمَدِّحُ (yumaddiḥu), verbal noun تَمْدِيح (tamdīḥ))

  1. to praise highly or much, to belaud, to extoll
    Synonym: حَمَّدَ (ḥammada)
    Antonym: ذَمَّمَ (ḏammama)

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Noun

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مَدْح (madḥm

  1. verbal noun of مَدَحَ (madaḥa) (form I)
  2. praise

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: mədh
  • Malay: madah
  • Ottoman Turkish: مدح (medh)
  • Persian: مدح
  • Urdu: مدح

Pashto

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Etymology

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From Arabic مَدْح (madḥ).

Noun

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مدح (madhm

  1. praise, lauding, extolling

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
م د ح
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic مَدَحَ (madaḥa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ma.daħ/, [ˈma.daħ]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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مدح (madaḥ) I (present بمدح (bimdaḥ))

  1. to praise

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of مدح (madaḥ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m مدحت (madaḥt) مدحت (madaḥt) مدح (madaḥ) مدحنا (madaḥna) مدحتو (madaḥtu) مدحو (madaḥu)
f مدحتي (madaḥti) مدحت (madḥat)
present m بمدح (bamdaḥ) بتمدح (btimdaḥ) بمدح (bimdaḥ) منمدح (mnimdaḥ) بتمدحو (btimdaḥu) بمدحو (bimdaḥu)
f بتمدحي (btimdaḥi) بتمدح (btimdaḥ)
subjunctive m أمدح (ʔamdaḥ) تمدح (timdaḥ) يمدح (yimdaḥ) نمدح (nimdaḥ) تمدحو (timdaḥu) يمدحو (yimdaḥu)
f تمدحي (timdaḥi) تمدح (timdaḥ)
imperative m امدح (imdaḥ) امدحو (imdaḥu)
f امدحي (imdaḥi)