مدام

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle أَدَامَ (ʔadāma, “to make last”), the wine being so called because nothing else can be continued to be drunk like it, or because it ripens long.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.daːm/

Adjective

مُدَام • (mudām)

  1. passive participle of أَدَامَ (ʔadāma)

Declension

Declension of adjective مُدَام (mudām)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مُدَام
mudām 		الْمُدَام
al-mudām 		مُدَامَة
mudāma 		الْمُدَامَة
al-mudāma
nominative مُدَامٌ
mudāmun 		الْمُدَامُ
al-mudāmu 		مُدَامَةٌ
mudāmatun 		الْمُدَامَةُ
al-mudāmatu
accusative مُدَامًا
mudāman 		الْمُدَامَ
al-mudāma 		مُدَامَةً
mudāmatan 		الْمُدَامَةَ
al-mudāmata
genitive مُدَامٍ
mudāmin 		الْمُدَامِ
al-mudāmi 		مُدَامَةٍ
mudāmatin 		الْمُدَامَةِ
al-mudāmati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مُدَامَيْن
mudāmayn 		الْمُدَامَيْن
al-mudāmayn 		مُدَامَتَيْن
mudāmatayn 		الْمُدَامَتَيْن
al-mudāmatayn
nominative مُدَامَانِ
mudāmāni 		الْمُدَامَانِ
al-mudāmāni 		مُدَامَتَانِ
mudāmatāni 		الْمُدَامَتَانِ
al-mudāmatāni
accusative مُدَامَيْنِ
mudāmayni 		الْمُدَامَيْنِ
al-mudāmayni 		مُدَامَتَيْنِ
mudāmatayni 		الْمُدَامَتَيْنِ
al-mudāmatayni
genitive مُدَامَيْنِ
mudāmayni 		الْمُدَامَيْنِ
al-mudāmayni 		مُدَامَتَيْنِ
mudāmatayni 		الْمُدَامَتَيْنِ
al-mudāmatayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مُدَامِين
mudāmīn 		الْمُدَامِين
al-mudāmīn 		مُدَامَات
mudāmāt 		الْمُدَامَات
al-mudāmāt
nominative مُدَامُونَ
mudāmūna 		الْمُدَامُونَ
al-mudāmūna 		مُدَامَاتٌ
mudāmātun 		الْمُدَامَاتُ
al-mudāmātu
accusative مُدَامِينَ
mudāmīna 		الْمُدَامِينَ
al-mudāmīna 		مُدَامَاتٍ
mudāmātin 		الْمُدَامَاتِ
al-mudāmāti
genitive مُدَامِينَ
mudāmīna 		الْمُدَامِينَ
al-mudāmīna 		مُدَامَاتٍ
mudāmātin 		الْمُدَامَاتِ
al-mudāmāti

Descendants

  • → Georgian: მუდამ (mudam)

Noun

مُدَام • (mudām) m (plural مُدَامَات (mudāmāt)) (obsolete)

  1. long-lasting rain
  2. wine
    • 900s, al-Mutanabbī, ألذ من المدام الخندريس:
      أَلَذَّ مِنَ المُدامِ الخَنْدَرِيسِ وَأَحْلَى مِنْ مُعَاطَاةِ الْكُؤُوسِ
      ʔalaḏḏa mina l-mudāmi l-ḵandarīsi waʔaḥlā min muʕāṭāti l-kuʔūsi
      And they rejoiced on old wine and delighted themselves in sharing the beakers.

Declension

Declension of noun مُدَام (mudām)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal مُدَام
mudām 		الْمُدَام
al-mudām 		مُدَام
mudām
nominative مُدَامٌ
mudāmun 		الْمُدَامُ
al-mudāmu 		مُدَامُ
mudāmu
accusative مُدَامًا
mudāman 		الْمُدَامَ
al-mudāma 		مُدَامَ
mudāma
genitive مُدَامٍ
mudāmin 		الْمُدَامِ
al-mudāmi 		مُدَامِ
mudāmi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal مُدَامَيْن
mudāmayn 		الْمُدَامَيْن
al-mudāmayn 		مُدَامَيْ
mudāmay
nominative مُدَامَانِ
mudāmāni 		الْمُدَامَانِ
al-mudāmāni 		مُدَامَا
mudāmā
accusative مُدَامَيْنِ
mudāmayni 		الْمُدَامَيْنِ
al-mudāmayni 		مُدَامَيْ
mudāmay
genitive مُدَامَيْنِ
mudāmayni 		الْمُدَامَيْنِ
al-mudāmayni 		مُدَامَيْ
mudāmay
plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite construct
informal مُدَامَات
mudāmāt 		الْمُدَامَات
al-mudāmāt 		مُدَامَات
mudāmāt
nominative مُدَامَاتٌ
mudāmātun 		الْمُدَامَاتُ
al-mudāmātu 		مُدَامَاتُ
mudāmātu
accusative مُدَامَاتٍ
mudāmātin 		الْمُدَامَاتِ
al-mudāmāti 		مُدَامَاتِ
mudāmāti
genitive مُدَامَاتٍ
mudāmātin 		الْمُدَامَاتِ
al-mudāmāti 		مُدَامَاتِ
mudāmāti

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “مدام”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 73
  • الأعشى [al-ʾaʿšā] (a. 625) Geyer, Rudolf, editor, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6)‎[2] (in German), volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, →DOI, page 80
  • Maraqten, Mohammed (1993) “Wine Drinking and Wine Prohibition in Arabia before Islam”, in Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, volume 23, page 102

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɜˈdæːm]

Etymology 1

Particle

مدام • (madām)

  1. alternative spelling of ما دام (“as long as”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French madame.

Noun

مدام • (madām) f

  1. madam
    Coordinate term: آنسة (anisa, “miss”)
Alternative forms

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُدَام (mudām).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mudām
Dari reading? mudām
Iranian reading? modâm
Tajik reading? mudom

Adjective

مدام • (modâm)

  1. unending, ceaseless, perpetual; (adverbially) ceaselessly, forever
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 11”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[3]:
      ما در پیاله عکس رخ یار دیده‌ایم
      ای بی‌خبر ز لذت شرب مدام ما
      mā dar piyāla aks-i rux-i yār dīda'ēm
      ay bē-xabar zi lazzat-i šurb-i mudām-i mā
      I have seen the reflection of the beloved's face in the goblet,
      O you who are unaware of the joys of my eternal drinking!
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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