المد

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

The root 'المد' (al-madd) broadly encompasses concepts related to extension, increase, flow, and duration. It covers physical stretching, the flow of water, the passage of time, and the act of providing support or sustenance. The root also touches upon delaying or procrastinating, and the measurement of things.

Derived headwords

مَدَّverb

1.
to extendboth
To stretch out, lengthen, or expand something.
2.
to stretch outboth
To become extended or lengthened.
3.
to provide sustenanceboth
To give food or provisions to someone or something.
4.
to prolongclassical
To delay or postpone an event or action.
5.
to draw inkclassical
To dip a pen or writing instrument into ink.

امْتَدَّverb

1.
to extendboth
To stretch out or spread over an area or duration.
2.
to be prolongedboth
To last for a long time or be extended in time.

مَدَدَverb

1.
to provide helpboth
To give support or aid to someone.

تَمَدَّدَverb

1.
to stretch oneselfboth
To extend one's limbs or body, often for relaxation or after exertion.
2.
to spread outboth
To extend over a wide area or in various directions.

مَادَدَverb

1.
to procrastinateclassical
To delay or put off an action, often habitually.
2.
to provide sustenanceclassical
To give food or provisions, especially over a period of time.

مُمَادَدَةnoun

1.
procrastinationclassical
The act of delaying or putting off an action.

مَدَادًاnoun

1.
inkboth
The liquid used for writing or drawing.
2.
sustenanceboth
Food or provisions, especially that which sustains life.
3.
amountboth
A quantity or measure of something.
4.
methodclassical
A particular way of doing something.

المَدُّnoun

1.
floodboth
A large amount of flowing water, such as a river overflowing.
2.
daylightclassical
The period of time when it is light during the day.
3.
drawing inkclassical
The act of dipping a pen into ink.
4.
abundance of waterclassical
A large quantity of water.
5.
stretchingboth
The act of extending or lengthening.
6.
ambitionclassical
A strong desire or aspiration to achieve something.
7.
delayclassical
The act of postponing or procrastinating.
8.
attractionclassical
The act of drawing or pulling something towards oneself.
9.
procrastinationclassical
The act of delaying or putting off an action.

المَدِيدadjective

1.
extendedboth
Something that has been stretched or lengthened.
2.
longboth
Having great length.

مَدِيدnoun

1.
seaclassical
The second sea in Arabic prosody, referring to a specific meter.
2.
animal feedclassical
Grain or fodder for feeding camels.

مَدَّهَاverb

1.
to water themclassical
To give water to animals, specifically camels.
2.
fodderclassical
Food for livestock, especially camels.

المَدِيدَانname

1.
two mountainsclassical
The names of two mountains located near Yamamah.

المِدَادnoun

1.
inkboth
The liquid used for writing.
2.
manureclassical
Fertilizer, specifically animal dung.
3.
amountboth
A quantity or measure.
4.
methodclassical
A way or manner of doing something.

المُدَمْدِمnoun

1.
riverclassical
A flowing body of water.
2.
ropeclassical
A strong cord made of twisted strands.

المُدُّnoun

1.
a measureclassical
A unit of measurement, equivalent to two pounds or a pound and a third.
2.
handfulclassical
The amount that can be held in a moderate person's hands.

المُدَّةnoun

1.
durationboth
A length of time.
2.
periodboth
A specific interval of time.
3.
extentclassical
The range or limit of space.
4.
inkclassical
The substance used for writing, especially from a pen.
5.
pusclassical
A thick, yellowish or greenish fluid produced in infected tissue.

الأَمْدُودnoun

1.
habitclassical
A settled or regular tendency or practice.

الأَمِدَّةnoun

1.
warp threadsclassical
The lengthwise threads on a loom.
2.
side fasteningsclassical
The securing elements on the sides of a garment when it is being made.

الإِمْدَانnoun

1.
saltwaterclassical
Water containing a high concentration of salt.
2.
urineclassical
A liquid by-product of the body secreted by the kidneys.

الإِمْدَادnoun

1.
reinforcementboth
The act of providing additional troops or support.
2.
provisionboth
The act of supplying or providing something.
3.
grantingboth
The act of giving or bestowing something.
4.
reliefboth
The act of providing assistance or aid.
5.
delaying deathclassical
Postponing the end of a life or a deadline.
6.
giving inkclassical
Providing ink for writing.
7.
healingclassical
The process of a wound becoming better.
8.
water flowclassical
The movement of water within the stem of a plant.

المَادَّةnoun

1.
increaseboth
A continuous addition or growth.
2.
substanceboth
The physical matter from which a thing is made.
3.
materialboth
The matter from which a thing is or can be made.

الاستِمْدَادnoun

1.
seeking aidboth
The act of requesting or seeking help or support.
2.
requesting inkclassical
Asking for ink to be provided.

مُدْمَدverb

1.
to fleeclassical
To run away from a place or situation of danger.

Parallel reading

السيل، وارتفاع النهار، والاستمداد من الدواة، وكثرة الماء، والبسط، وطموح البصر إلى الشيء، والإمهال، كالإمداد، والجذب، والمطل.

Flood, and the height of the day, and drawing ink from the inkwell, and abundance of water, and stretching, and the gaze reaching towards a thing, and delaying, like providing support, and attraction, and procrastination.

مده، و به، فامتد، ومدده، وتمدده، ومادده ممادة ومدادا فتمدد.

He stretched it, and with it, so it stretched out, and he supported him, and he stretched himself out, and he procrastinated with him, and he provided him with ink/sustenance, and he stretched himself out.

ومد النهار: ارتفع، و زيد القوم: صار لهم مددا.

And the day stretched: it rose, and he provided the people: they became his support.

وقدر مد البصر، أي: مداه.

And the extent of sight was estimated, meaning: its limit.

والمديد: الممدود، والطويل، ج: مدد، والبحر الثاني من العروض، وما ذر عليه دقيق أو سمسم أو شعير ليسقى الإبل.

And al-madeed: the extended, and the long, plural: madad, and the second sea in prosody, and what is sprinkled on it of flour or sesame or barley to water the camels.

ومدها: سقاها إياه، وع قرب مكة، والعلف.

And madaha: he watered them with it, and a place near Mecca, and fodder.

والمديدان: جبلان ظهر عارض اليمامة.

And al-madeedan: two mountains that appeared near Aridh al-Yamamah.

والمداد: النقس، والسرقين، وقد مد الأرض، وما مددت به السراج من زيت ونحوه، والمثال، والطريقة.

And al-midad: ink, and manure, and he extended the land, and what you used to light the lamp with from oil and the like, and the example, and the method.

ومداد قيس: لعبة.

And Midad Qays: a game.

و" في الحوض ميزابان مدادهما الجنة"، أي: تمدهما أنهارها.

And "In the pool are two channels whose extent is Paradise", meaning: its rivers extend them.

والمدمد: النهر، والحبل.

And al-mudamdam: the river, and the rope.

والمد، بالضم: مكيال، وهو رطلان، أو رطل وثلث، أو ملء كفي الإنسان المعتدل إذا ملأهما ومد يده بهما، وبه سمي مدا، وقد جربت ms0396 ذلك فوجدته صحيحا، ج: أمداد ومددة، كعنبة، ومداد، قيل: ومنه: سبحان الله مداد كلماته.

And al-mudd, with dammah: a measure, which is two pounds, or a pound and a third, or the fullness of the hands of a moderate person when he fills them and extends his hand with them, and it was named madd for that, and I have tested that and found it to be correct, plural: amdad and madadah, like 'unabah, and midad, it is said: and from it: Glory be to Allah, the extent of His words.

والمدة، بالضم: الغاية من الزمان والمكان، والبرهة من الدهر، واسم ما استمددت به من المداد على القلم، وبالكسر: القيح.

And al-muddah, with dammah: the limit of time and place, and the duration of an age, and the name of what you drew with from the ink on the pen, and with kasrah: pus.

والأمدود، بالضم: العادة.

And al-amdood, with dammah: the habit.

والأمدة، كالأسنة: سدى الغزل، والمساك في جانبي الثوب إذا ابتدئ بعمله.

And al-amidah, like 'asinnah: the warp threads, and the fastenings on the sides of the garment when its work is begun.

والإمدان، بكسرتين: الماء الملح، كالمدان، بالكسر، والنز، وقد تشدد الميم وتخفف الدال.

And al-imdan, with two kasrahs: saltwater, like al-madan, with kasrah, and urine, and the mim can be stressed and the dal lightened.

وسبحان الله مداد السماوات، أي: عددها وكثرتها.

And Glory be to Allah, the ink of the heavens, meaning: their number and abundance.

والإمداد: تأخير الأجل، وأن تنصر الأجناد بجماعة غيرك، والإعطاء، والإغاثة، أو في الشر: مددته، وفي الخير: أمددته، وأن تعطي الكاتب مدة قلم، و في الجرح: أن تحصل فيه مدة، و في العرفج: أن يجري الماء في عوده.

And al-imdad: delaying the appointed time, and supporting the soldiers with a group other than yours, and giving, and relief, or in evil: you supported him, and in good: you provided him with support, and giving the writer the duration of a pen, and in a wound: that a period is obtained in it, and in the 'urfuj plant: that water flows in its stem.

والمادة: الزيادة المتصلة.

And al-maddah: the continuous increase.

والممادة: المماطلة.

And al-mumadah: procrastination.

والاستمداد: طلب المدد.

And al-istimdad: seeking support.

ومدمد: هرب.

And mudmad: he fled.