ماض

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Arabic

Etymology

Root
م ض ي (m ḍ y)
4 terms

Derived from the active participle of مَضَى (maḍā, to pass).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَاضٍ (māḍin) (construct state مَاضِي (māḍī), feminine مَاضِيَة (māḍiya), masculine plural مَاضُونَ (māḍūna), feminine plural مَاضِيَات (māḍiyāt) or مَوَاضٍ (mawāḍin), feminine plural construct state مَوَاضِي (mawāḍī), elative أَمْضَى (ʔamḍā))

  1. sharp
  2. acute, incisive
  3. energetic
  4. past, prior, last
    أَيْنَ كُنْتَ السَّنَةَ الْمَاضِيَةَ؟
    ʾayna kunta s-sanata l-māḍiyah?
    Where were you last year?
  5. in the past tense
    الْفِعْل الْمَاضِي
    al-fiʕl al-māḍī
    the past tense

Declension

Noun

مَاضٍ (māḍinm (plural مَوَاضٍ (mawāḍin))

  1. (time) past
  2. (grammar) past tense

Declension

Descendants