مدة

Arabic

Root
م د د (m-d-d)

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /mud.da/

Noun

مُدَّة • (mudda) f (plural مُدَد (mudad))

  1. period of time, interval
  2. duration
  3. term (limited period of time)
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: medda
  • Azerbaijani: müddət
  • Bashkir: мөҙҙәт (möźźət)
  • Persian: مدت (moddat)
  • Swahili: muda
  • Tajik: муддат (muddat)
  • Ottoman Turkish: مدت
  • Uzbek: muddat

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /mad.da/

Noun

مَدَّة • (madda) f

  1. maddah (Arabic diacritic placed over alif, indicating a glottal stop followed by a long vowel)
Declension

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /mud.da.ta/

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/, [ˈmʊd.de]
  • IPA(key): /mud.da/, [ˈmʊd.da]
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Noun

مدّة • (mudde) f

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

See also

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