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مده

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns praise, commendation, and the act of praising someone. It also extends to the person who praises and the concept of praise itself.

Derived headwords

التمدحnoun
  1. 1.
    Praiseboth

    The act of praising or commending someone.

المادهnoun
  1. 1.
    the continuous increaseboth

    the continuous increase

المدهnoun
  1. 1.
    the name of what you draw from the ink onto the penboth

    the name of what you draw from the ink onto the pen

  2. 2.
    the single instance of your saying 'I stretched the thing'both

    the single instance of your saying 'I stretched the thing'

  3. 3.
    the spreading, overflowingboth

    the spreading, overflowing

Parallel reading

التمده: التمدح.
Al-tamaddahu: Al-tamadduhu.
والماده: المادح، والجمع المده.
And al-maddah: The praiser, and the plural is al-mudda.
لله در الغانيات المده
May God bless the praisers among the beautiful women
سبحن واسترجعن من تألهى
They glorified God and recited 'inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un' out of piety.