مدة

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
م د د (m d d)
15 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mud.da/

Noun

مُدَّة • (muddaf (plural مُدَد (mudad))

  1. period of time, interval
  2. duration
  3. term (limited period of time)
Declension
Declension of noun مُدَّة (mudda)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
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
  • Maltese: medda
  • Azerbaijani: müddət
  • Bashkir: мөҙҙәт (möźźət)
  • Persian: مدت (moddat)
  • Swahili: muda
  • Tajik: муддат (muddat)
  • Ottoman Turkish: مدت
  • Uzbek: muddat

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mad.da/

Noun

مَدَّة • (maddaf

  1. maddah (Arabic diacritic placed over alif, indicating a glottal stop followed by a long vowel)
Declension
Declension of noun مَدَّة (madda)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
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

Etymology 1.3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mud.da.ta/

Preposition

مُدَّةَ • (muddata)

  1. 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

  • 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

Root
م د د
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مُدَّة (mudda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mud.de/, [ˈmʊd.de]
  • IPA(key): /mud.da/, [ˈmʊd.da]
  • Audio (Amman):(file)

Noun

مدّة • (muddef

  1. period of time, while
    Synonym: فترة (fatra)

See also