مدي
Arabic
Etymology 1
| Root |
|---|
| م د ي (m d y) |
| 5 terms |
Noun
مُدِيّ • (mudiyy) m (plural أَمْدِيَة (ʔamdiya))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مُدِي mudī |
الْمُدِي al-mudī |
مُدِي mudī |
| nominative | مُدِيٌّ mudiyyun |
الْمُدِيُّ al-mudiyyu |
مُدِيُّ mudiyyu |
| accusative | مُدِيًّا mudiyyan |
الْمُدِيَّ al-mudiyya |
مُدِيَّ mudiyya |
| genitive | مُدِيٍّ mudiyyin |
الْمُدِيِّ al-mudiyyi |
مُدِيِّ mudiyyi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | مُدِيَّيْن mudiyyayn |
الْمُدِيَّيْن al-mudiyyayn |
مُدِيَّيْ mudiyyay |
| nominative | مُدِيَّانِ mudiyyāni |
الْمُدِيَّانِ al-mudiyyāni |
مُدِيَّا mudiyyā |
| accusative | مُدِيَّيْنِ mudiyyayni |
الْمُدِيَّيْنِ al-mudiyyayni |
مُدِيَّيْ mudiyyay |
| genitive | مُدِيَّيْنِ mudiyyayni |
الْمُدِيَّيْنِ al-mudiyyayni |
مُدِيَّيْ mudiyyay |
| plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَمْدِيَة ʔamdiya |
الْأَمْدِيَة al-ʔamdiya |
أَمْدِيَة ʔamdiyat |
| nominative | أَمْدِيَةٌ ʔamdiyatun |
الْأَمْدِيَةُ al-ʔamdiyatu |
أَمْدِيَةُ ʔamdiyatu |
| accusative | أَمْدِيَةً ʔamdiyatan |
الْأَمْدِيَةَ al-ʔamdiyata |
أَمْدِيَةَ ʔamdiyata |
| genitive | أَمْدِيَةٍ ʔamdiyatin |
الْأَمْدِيَةِ al-ʔamdiyati |
أَمْدِيَةِ ʔamdiyati |
Etymology 2
See مُدّ (mudd) of broader use.
Noun
مُدْي • (mudy) m (plural أَمْدَاء (ʔamdāʔ)) (obsolete)
- a dry measure whereof the details are uncertain
- 577 AH / 1181–82 CE, ابن هشام اللخمي [Ibn Hišām al-Laḵmiyy], edited by José Pérez Lázaro, الْمَدْخَلُ إِلَى تَقْوِيمِ اللِسَانِ وَتَعْلِيمِ الْبَيَانِ (al-madḵalu ʔilā taqwīmi l-lisāni wataʕlīmi l-bayāni) [Introducción a la corrección del lenguaje y la enseñanza de la elocuencia] (Fuentes Arábico-Hispanas; 6), volume II, Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional, published 1990, →ISBN, page 319 Nr. 490:
- ويقولون المُدِي للسّوق التّي يباع فيها الدّقيق. والصّواب المُدْيُ وهو مكيال كبير الأهل الشّأم وليس باسم لسوق.
- They say mudī of the market wherein flour is bought. The correct is mudy, it is large measure of the people of the Levant and no market name.
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مُدْي mudy |
الْمُدْي al-mudy |
مُدْي mudy |
| nominative | مُدْيٌ mudyun |
الْمُدْيُ al-mudyu |
مُدْيُ mudyu |
| accusative | مُدْيًا mudyan |
الْمُدْيَ al-mudya |
مُدْيَ mudya |
| genitive | مُدْيٍ mudyin |
الْمُدْيِ al-mudyi |
مُدْيِ mudyi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | مُدْيَيْن mudyayn |
الْمُدْيَيْن al-mudyayn |
مُدْيَيْ mudyay |
| nominative | مُدْيَانِ mudyāni |
الْمُدْيَانِ al-mudyāni |
مُدْيَا mudyā |
| accusative | مُدْيَيْنِ mudyayni |
الْمُدْيَيْنِ al-mudyayni |
مُدْيَيْ mudyay |
| genitive | مُدْيَيْنِ mudyayni |
الْمُدْيَيْنِ al-mudyayni |
مُدْيَيْ mudyay |
| plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَمْدَاء ʔamdāʔ |
الْأَمْدَاء al-ʔamdāʔ |
أَمْدَاء ʔamdāʔ |
| nominative | أَمْدَاءٌ ʔamdāʔun |
الْأَمْدَاءُ al-ʔamdāʔu |
أَمْدَاءُ ʔamdāʔu |
| accusative | أَمْدَاءً ʔamdāʔan |
الْأَمْدَاءَ al-ʔamdāʔa |
أَمْدَاءَ ʔamdāʔa |
| genitive | أَمْدَاءٍ ʔamdāʔin |
الْأَمْدَاءِ al-ʔamdāʔi |
أَمْدَاءِ ʔamdāʔi |
Etymology 3
Verb
مُدِّي • (muddī) (form I) /mud.diː/
- second-person feminine singular imperative of مَدَّ (madda)
Etymology 4
Verb
مُدِيَ • (mudiya) (form I) /mu.di.ja/
- third-person masculine singular past passive of مَدَى (madā)
References
- Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1196, confused the measure with مَدّ (madd) and an incorrect reference Hinz, Walther (1955, 1970) Islamische Maße und Gewichte: umgerechnet ins metrische System (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung: der nahe und der mittlere Osten; Ergänzungsband 1, Heft 1) (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 50 (the measure مُدْي (mudy) does not occur in this reference)
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 206
- Hinz, Walther (1955, 1970) Islamische Maße und Gewichte: umgerechnet ins metrische System (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung: der nahe und der mittlere Osten; Ergänzungsband 1, Heft 1) (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 50
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “مدي”, 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[1] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1079