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
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
  • 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
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
  • 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]
  • Audio (Amman)(file)

Noun

مدّة • (mudde) f

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

See also
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