معدود

Arabic

Root
ع د د (ʕ d d)
14 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of عَدَّ (ʕadda, “to count”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maʕ.duːd/

Rhymes: -uːd

Adjective

مَعْدُود • (maʕdūd) (feminine مَعْدُودَة (maʕdūda), masculine plural مَعْدُودُونَ (maʕdūdūna), feminine plural مَعْدُودَات (maʕdūdāt))

passive participle of عَدَّ (ʕadda)
counted, enumerated
Synonym: مَحْسُوب (maḥsūb)
limited in number, a few
Synonym: مَحْدُود (maḥdūd)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:80:
  وَقَالُوا لَن تَمَسَّنَا ٱلنَّارُ إِلَّا أَيَّامًا مَعْدُودَةً
  wa-qālū lan tamassanā n-nāru ʔillā ʔayyāman maʕdūdatan
  And they claim, “The Fire will not touch us except for a number of days.”

Declension

Declension of adjective **مَعْدُود** (maʕdūd)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَعْدُود maʕdūd	الْمَعْدُود al-maʕdūd	مَعْدُودَة maʕdūda	الْمَعْدُودَة al-maʕdūda
nominative	مَعْدُودٌ maʕdūdun	الْمَعْدُودُ al-maʕdūdu	مَعْدُودَةٌ maʕdūdatun	الْمَعْدُودَةُ al-maʕdūdatu
accusative	مَعْدُودًا maʕdūdan	الْمَعْدُودَ al-maʕdūda	مَعْدُودَةً maʕdūdatan	الْمَعْدُودَةَ al-maʕdūdata
genitive	مَعْدُودٍ maʕdūdin	الْمَعْدُودِ al-maʕdūdi	مَعْدُودَةٍ maʕdūdatin	الْمَعْدُودَةِ al-maʕdūdati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَعْدُودَيْن maʕdūdayn	الْمَعْدُودَيْن al-maʕdūdayn	مَعْدُودَتَيْن maʕdūdatayn	الْمَعْدُودَتَيْن al-maʕdūdatayn
nominative	مَعْدُودَانِ maʕdūdāni	الْمَعْدُودَانِ al-maʕdūdāni	مَعْدُودَتَانِ maʕdūdatāni	الْمَعْدُودَتَانِ al-maʕdūdatāni
accusative	مَعْدُودَيْنِ maʕdūdayni	الْمَعْدُودَيْنِ al-maʕdūdayni	مَعْدُودَتَيْنِ maʕdūdatayni	الْمَعْدُودَتَيْنِ al-maʕdūdatayni
genitive	مَعْدُودَيْنِ maʕdūdayni	الْمَعْدُودَيْنِ al-maʕdūdayni	مَعْدُودَتَيْنِ maʕdūdatayni	الْمَعْدُودَتَيْنِ al-maʕdūdatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	?	?	مَعْدُودَات maʕdūdāt	الْمَعْدُودَات al-maʕdūdāt
nominative	?	?	مَعْدُودَاتٌ maʕdūdātun	الْمَعْدُودَاتُ al-maʕdūdātu
accusative	?	?	مَعْدُودَاتٍ maʕdūdātin	الْمَعْدُودَاتِ al-maʕdūdāti
genitive	?	?	مَعْدُودَاتٍ maʕdūdātin	الْمَعْدُودَاتِ al-maʕdūdāti

Descendants

→ Persian: معدود (ma'dud)
→ Ottoman Turkish: معدود (ma'dud)

References

“معدود” in Almaany

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْدُود (maʕdūd).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maʔ.ˈduːd/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.d̪úːd̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.d̪úːd̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.d̪úd̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʔ.d̪úːd̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.d̪úd̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ma'dūd
Dari reading^?	ma'dūd
Iranian reading^?	ma'dud
Tajik reading^?	ma'dud

Adjective

معدود • (ma'dūd / ma'dud) (Tajik spelling маъдуд)

limited in number, a few

Noun

معدود • (ma'dūd / ma'dud) (Tajik spelling маъдуд)

a few, a small number

Arabic

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Descendants

References

Persian

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