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Etymology 1.1

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Root
م د د (m d d)
14 terms

Pronunciation

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Noun

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مُدَّة (muddaf (plural مُدَد (mudad))

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

Etymology 1.2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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مَدَّة (maddaf

  1. maddah (Arabic diacritic placed over alif, indicating a glottal stop followed by a long vowel)
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Etymology 1.3

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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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

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  • 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

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Root
م د د
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic مُدَّة (mudda).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mud.de/, [ˈmʊd.de]
  • IPA(key): /mud.da/, [ˈmʊd.da]
  • Audio (Amman):(file)

Noun

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مدّة (muddef

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

See also

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