أخدود
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Arabic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| خ د د (ḵ-d-d) |
Reduplication of خَدّ (ḵadd, “cheek”), obviously because for a ditch or graben two sides need to have a cheek each, as a man does.
Pronunciation
Noun
أُخْدُود • (ʔuḵdūd) m (plural أَخَادِيد (ʔaḵādīd))
- trench, ditch
- Synonym: خَنْدَق (ḵandaq)
- أُخْدُودُ مَارِيَانَا ― ʔuḵdūdu māriyānā ― The Mariana Trench
- canyon, gorge
- Synonym: خَانِق (ḵāniq)
- graben
- Synonym: خَسْفَة (ḵasfa)
Declension
Declension of noun أُخْدُود (ʔuḵdūd)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أُخْدُود ʔuḵdūd |
الْأُخْدُود al-ʔuḵdūd |
أُخْدُود ʔuḵdūd |
| Nominative | أُخْدُودٌ ʔuḵdūdun |
الْأُخْدُودُ al-ʔuḵdūdu |
أُخْدُودُ ʔuḵdūdu |
| Accusative | أُخْدُودًا ʔuḵdūdan |
الْأُخْدُودَ al-ʔuḵdūda |
أُخْدُودَ ʔuḵdūda |
| Genitive | أُخْدُودٍ ʔuḵdūdin |
الْأُخْدُودِ al-ʔuḵdūdi |
أُخْدُودِ ʔuḵdūdi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | أُخْدُودَيْن ʔuḵdūdayn |
الْأُخْدُودَيْن al-ʔuḵdūdayn |
أُخْدُودَيْ ʔuḵdūday |
| Nominative | أُخْدُودَانِ ʔuḵdūdāni |
الْأُخْدُودَانِ al-ʔuḵdūdāni |
أُخْدُودَا ʔuḵdūdā |
| Accusative | أُخْدُودَيْنِ ʔuḵdūdayni |
الْأُخْدُودَيْنِ al-ʔuḵdūdayni |
أُخْدُودَيْ ʔuḵdūday |
| Genitive | أُخْدُودَيْنِ ʔuḵdūdayni |
الْأُخْدُودَيْنِ al-ʔuḵdūdayni |
أُخْدُودَيْ ʔuḵdūday |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَخَادِيد ʔaḵādīd |
الْأَخَادِيد al-ʔaḵādīd |
أَخَادِيد ʔaḵādīd |
| Nominative | أَخَادِيدُ ʔaḵādīdu |
الْأَخَادِيدُ al-ʔaḵādīdu |
أَخَادِيدُ ʔaḵādīdu |
| Accusative | أَخَادِيدَ ʔaḵādīda |
الْأَخَادِيدَ al-ʔaḵādīda |
أَخَادِيدَ ʔaḵādīda |
| Genitive | أَخَادِيدَ ʔaḵādīda |
الْأَخَادِيدِ al-ʔaḵādīdi |
أَخَادِيدِ ʔaḵādīdi |
Derived terms
- أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ pl (ʔaṣḥābu l-ʔuḵdūdi, “People of the Ditch”)