مدي

See also: مذي, مذی, and مدى

Arabic

Etymology 1

    Root
    م د ي (m d y)
    5 terms

    Noun

    مُدِيّ • (mudiyym (plural أَمْدِيَة (ʔamdiya))

    1. an unwalled watercourse
    Declension
    Declension of noun مُدِيّ (mudiyy)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal مُدِي
    mudī
    الْمُدِي
    al-mudī
    مُدِي
    mudī
    nominative مُدِيٌّ
    mudiyyun
    الْمُدِيُّ
    al-mudiyyu
    مُدِيُّ
    mudiyyu
    accusative مُدِيًّا
    mudiyyan
    الْمُدِيَّ
    al-mudiyya
    مُدِيَّ
    mudiyya
    genitive مُدِيٍّ
    mudiyyin
    الْمُدِيِّ
    al-mudiyyi
    مُدِيِّ
    mudiyyi
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal مُدِيَّيْن
    mudiyyayn
    الْمُدِيَّيْن
    al-mudiyyayn
    مُدِيَّيْ
    mudiyyay
    nominative مُدِيَّانِ
    mudiyyāni
    الْمُدِيَّانِ
    al-mudiyyāni
    مُدِيَّا
    mudiyyā
    accusative مُدِيَّيْنِ
    mudiyyayni
    الْمُدِيَّيْنِ
    al-mudiyyayni
    مُدِيَّيْ
    mudiyyay
    genitive مُدِيَّيْنِ
    mudiyyayni
    الْمُدِيَّيْنِ
    al-mudiyyayni
    مُدِيَّيْ
    mudiyyay
    plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
    indefinite definite construct
    informal أَمْدِيَة
    ʔamdiya
    الْأَمْدِيَة
    al-ʔamdiya
    أَمْدِيَة
    ʔamdiyat
    nominative أَمْدِيَةٌ
    ʔamdiyatun
    الْأَمْدِيَةُ
    al-ʔamdiyatu
    أَمْدِيَةُ
    ʔamdiyatu
    accusative أَمْدِيَةً
    ʔamdiyatan
    الْأَمْدِيَةَ
    al-ʔamdiyata
    أَمْدِيَةَ
    ʔamdiyata
    genitive أَمْدِيَةٍ
    ʔamdiyatin
    الْأَمْدِيَةِ
    al-ʔamdiyati
    أَمْدِيَةِ
    ʔamdiyati

    Etymology 2

      See مُدّ (mudd) of broader use.

      Noun

      مُدْي • (mudym (plural أَمْدَاء (ʔamdāʔ)) (obsolete)

      1. a dry measure whereof the details are uncertain
        • 577 AH / 1181–82 CE, ابن هشام اللخمي [Ibn Hišām al-Laḵmiyy], edited by José Pérez Lázaro, الْمَدْخَلُ إِلَى تَقْوِيمِ اللِسَانِ وَتَعْلِيمِ الْبَيَانِ (al-madḵalu ʔilā taqwīmi l-lisāni wataʕlīmi l-bayāni) [Introducción a la corrección del lenguaje y la enseñanza de la elocuencia] (Fuentes Arábico-Hispanas; 6), volume II, Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional, published 1990, →ISBN, page 319 Nr. 490:
          ويقولون المُدِي للسّوق التّي يباع فيها الدّقيق. والصّواب المُدْيُ وهو مكيال كبير الأهل الشّأم وليس باسم لسوق.
          They say mudī of the market wherein flour is bought. The correct is mudy, it is large measure of the people of the Levant and no market name.
      Declension
      Declension of noun مُدْي (mudy)
      singular basic singular triptote
      indefinite definite construct
      informal مُدْي
      mudy
      الْمُدْي
      al-mudy
      مُدْي
      mudy
      nominative مُدْيٌ
      mudyun
      الْمُدْيُ
      al-mudyu
      مُدْيُ
      mudyu
      accusative مُدْيًا
      mudyan
      الْمُدْيَ
      al-mudya
      مُدْيَ
      mudya
      genitive مُدْيٍ
      mudyin
      الْمُدْيِ
      al-mudyi
      مُدْيِ
      mudyi
      dual indefinite definite construct
      informal مُدْيَيْن
      mudyayn
      الْمُدْيَيْن
      al-mudyayn
      مُدْيَيْ
      mudyay
      nominative مُدْيَانِ
      mudyāni
      الْمُدْيَانِ
      al-mudyāni
      مُدْيَا
      mudyā
      accusative مُدْيَيْنِ
      mudyayni
      الْمُدْيَيْنِ
      al-mudyayni
      مُدْيَيْ
      mudyay
      genitive مُدْيَيْنِ
      mudyayni
      الْمُدْيَيْنِ
      al-mudyayni
      مُدْيَيْ
      mudyay
      plural basic broken plural triptote
      indefinite definite construct
      informal أَمْدَاء
      ʔamdāʔ
      الْأَمْدَاء
      al-ʔamdāʔ
      أَمْدَاء
      ʔamdāʔ
      nominative أَمْدَاءٌ
      ʔamdāʔun
      الْأَمْدَاءُ
      al-ʔamdāʔu
      أَمْدَاءُ
      ʔamdāʔu
      accusative أَمْدَاءً
      ʔamdāʔan
      الْأَمْدَاءَ
      al-ʔamdāʔa
      أَمْدَاءَ
      ʔamdāʔa
      genitive أَمْدَاءٍ
      ʔamdāʔin
      الْأَمْدَاءِ
      al-ʔamdāʔi
      أَمْدَاءِ
      ʔamdāʔi

      Etymology 3

      Verb

      مُدِّي • (muddī) (form I) /mud.diː/

      1. second-person feminine singular imperative of مَدَّ (madda)

      Etymology 4

      Verb

      مُدِيَ • (mudiya) (form I) /mu.di.ja/

      1. third-person masculine singular past passive of مَدَى (madā)

      References

      • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1196, confused the measure with مَدّ (madd) and an incorrect reference Hinz, Walther (1955, 1970), Islamische Maße und Gewichte: umgerechnet ins metrische System (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung: der nahe und der mittlere Osten; Ergänzungsband 1, Heft 1) (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 50 (the measure مُدْي (mudy) does not occur in this reference)
      • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886), Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 206
      • Hinz, Walther (1955, 1970), Islamische Maße und Gewichte: umgerechnet ins metrische System (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung: der nahe und der mittlere Osten; Ergänzungsband 1, Heft 1) (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 50
      • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “مدي”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[1] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1079