مداد

Arabic

Etymology

From the root م د د (m d d), whence مَدَّ (madda, to extend, stretch, spread out).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.daːd/

Noun

مِدَاد • (midādm (plural أَمِدَّة (ʔamidda))

  1. ink
    Synonym: حِبْر (ḥibr)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:109:
      قُل لَّوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبِّي وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِ مَدَدًا
      Say, "If the sea were ink for [writing] the words of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even if We brought the like of it as a supplement."
  2. dung, manure
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:براز
  3. lamp oil

Declension

Declension of noun مِدَاد (midād)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal مِدَاد
midād
الْمِدَاد
al-midād
مِدَاد
midād
nominative مِدَادٌ
midādun
الْمِدَادُ
al-midādu
مِدَادُ
midādu
accusative مِدَادًا
midādan
الْمِدَادَ
al-midāda
مِدَادَ
midāda
genitive مِدَادٍ
midādin
الْمِدَادِ
al-midādi
مِدَادِ
midādi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal مِدَادَيْن
midādayn
الْمِدَادَيْن
al-midādayn
مِدَادَيْ
midāday
nominative مِدَادَانِ
midādāni
الْمِدَادَانِ
al-midādāni
مِدَادَا
midādā
accusative مِدَادَيْنِ
midādayni
الْمِدَادَيْنِ
al-midādayni
مِدَادَيْ
midāday
genitive مِدَادَيْنِ
midādayni
الْمِدَادَيْنِ
al-midādayni
مِدَادَيْ
midāday
plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal أَمِدَّة
ʔamidda
الْأَمِدَّة
al-ʔamidda
أَمِدَّة
ʔamiddat
nominative أَمِدَّةٌ
ʔamiddatun
الْأَمِدَّةُ
al-ʔamiddatu
أَمِدَّةُ
ʔamiddatu
accusative أَمِدَّةً
ʔamiddatan
الْأَمِدَّةَ
al-ʔamiddata
أَمِدَّةَ
ʔamiddata
genitive أَمِدَّةٍ
ʔamiddatin
الْأَمِدَّةِ
al-ʔamiddati
أَمِدَّةِ
ʔamiddati

Descendants

  • Moroccan Arabic: مداد (mdād)
  • Persian: مداد (medâd)

Noun

مَدَاد or مُدَّاد • (madād or muddādm

  1. field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis
    Synonyms: مَدِيد (madīd), عُلَّيْق (ʕullayq), حَبْل الْمَسَاكِين (ḥabl al-masākīn), طَرْبُوش الْغُرَاب (ṭarbūš al-ḡurāb), عَصَب (ʕaṣab), عَصَب أُورُبِّي (ʕaṣab ʔūrubbī), لَبْلَاب (lablāb), لَبْلَاب الْحُقُول (lablāb al-ḥuqūl)

Declension

Declension of noun مَدَاد (madād)‎; مُدَّاد (muddād)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal مَدَاد‎; مُدَّاد
madād‎; muddād
الْمَدَاد‎; الْمُدَّاد
al-madād‎; al-muddād
مَدَاد‎; مُدَّاد
madād‎; muddād
nominative مَدَادٌ‎; مُدَّادٌ
madādun‎; muddādun
الْمَدَادُ‎; الْمُدَّادُ
al-madādu‎; al-muddādu
مَدَادُ‎; مُدَّادُ
madādu‎; muddādu
accusative مَدَادًا‎; مُدَّادًا
madādan‎; muddādan
الْمَدَادَ‎; الْمُدَّادَ
al-madāda‎; al-muddāda
مَدَادَ‎; مُدَّادَ
madāda‎; muddāda
genitive مَدَادٍ‎; مُدَّادٍ
madādin‎; muddādin
الْمَدَادِ‎; الْمُدَّادِ
al-madādi‎; al-muddādi
مَدَادِ‎; مُدَّادِ
madādi‎; muddādi

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مداد”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 573–574
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “مداد”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1076
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مداد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1192

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِدَاد (midād).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mdaːd/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

مداد • (mdādm (plural مدادات (mdādāt))

  1. ink

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِدَاد (midād, ink). Displaced native زکاب (zakâb).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? midād
Dari reading? midād
Iranian reading? medâd
Tajik reading? midod

Noun

Dari پنسل
Iranian Persian مداد
Tajik қалам, мидод

مِداد • (medâd) (plural مدادها)

  1. pencil
    Synonyms: زکاب (zakâb), قلم مداد (qalem-e medâd)

Derived terms

  • مداد رنگی (medâd-e rangi)
  • مداد نقاشی (medâd-e naqâši)