مدة

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Arabic

Root
م د د (m-d-d)

Pronunciation 1

Noun

مُدَّة • (mudda) f (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

Pronunciation 2

Noun

مَدَّة • (madda) f

  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

Pronunciation 3

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/,
  • IPA(key): /mud.da/,
  • Audio (Amman)(file)

Noun

مدّة • (mudde) f

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

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