أخدود

Arabic

Etymology

Root
خ د د (ḵ d d)
3 terms

Reduplication of خَدّ (ḵadd, “cheek”), obviously because for a ditch or graben two sides need to have a cheek each, as a man does.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔux.duːd/

Noun

أُخْدُود • (ʔuḵdūd) m (plural أَخَادِيد (ʔaḵādīd))

trench, ditch
Synonym: خَنْدَق (ḵandaq)

أُخْدُودُ مَارِيَانَا ― ʔuḵdūdu māriyānā ― The Mariana Trench
canyon, gorge
Synonym: خَانِق (ḵāniq)
graben
Synonym: خَسْفَة (ḵasfa)

Declension

Declension of noun **أُخْدُود** (ʔuḵdūd)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أُخْدُود ʔuḵdūd	الْأُخْدُود al-ʔuḵdūd	أُخْدُود ʔuḵdūd
nominative	أُخْدُودٌ ʔuḵdūdun	الْأُخْدُودُ al-ʔuḵdūdu	أُخْدُودُ ʔuḵdūdu
accusative	أُخْدُودًا ʔuḵdūdan	الْأُخْدُودَ al-ʔuḵdūda	أُخْدُودَ ʔuḵdūda
genitive	أُخْدُودٍ ʔuḵdūdin	الْأُخْدُودِ al-ʔuḵdūdi	أُخْدُودِ ʔuḵdūdi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أُخْدُودَيْن ʔuḵdūdayn	الْأُخْدُودَيْن al-ʔuḵdūdayn	أُخْدُودَيْ ʔuḵdūday
nominative	أُخْدُودَانِ ʔuḵdūdāni	الْأُخْدُودَانِ al-ʔuḵdūdāni	أُخْدُودَا ʔuḵdūdā
accusative	أُخْدُودَيْنِ ʔuḵdūdayni	الْأُخْدُودَيْنِ al-ʔuḵdūdayni	أُخْدُودَيْ ʔuḵdūday
genitive	أُخْدُودَيْنِ ʔuḵdūdayni	الْأُخْدُودَيْنِ al-ʔuḵdūdayni	أُخْدُودَيْ ʔuḵdūday
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَخَادِيد ʔaḵādīd	الْأَخَادِيد al-ʔaḵādīd	أَخَادِيد ʔaḵādīd
nominative	أَخَادِيدُ ʔaḵādīdu	الْأَخَادِيدُ al-ʔaḵādīdu	أَخَادِيدُ ʔaḵādīdu
accusative	أَخَادِيدَ ʔaḵādīda	الْأَخَادِيدَ al-ʔaḵādīda	أَخَادِيدَ ʔaḵādīda
genitive	أَخَادِيدَ ʔaḵādīda	الْأَخَادِيدِ al-ʔaḵādīdi	أَخَادِيدِ ʔaḵādīdi

Derived terms

أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ pl (ʔaṣḥābu l-ʔuḵdūdi, “People of the Ditch”)