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مدى

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of extent, limit, or boundary. It extends to related ideas like a goal, a measure, a type of basin, and a cutting tool.

Derived headwords

الْمَدَىnoun
  1. 1.
    the limit, extentboth

    the limit, extent

مَدَى الْبَصَرِnoun
  1. 1.
    Range of sightboth

    The distance that one's eyes can see.

مَدَىnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of mudyahboth

    plural of mudyah

أَمْدِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Basinsclassical

    Plural of مدى (basin).

الْمِدْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the knife bladeboth

    the knife blade

مَدْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Knife, bladeboth

    A sharp cutting tool, like a knife or a large blade.

مَدِيَّاتnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of mudyahboth

    plural of mudyah

مَدَىnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of mudyahboth

    plural of mudyah

Parallel reading

الْمَدَى: الْغَايَةُ
Al-mada: the limit.
قِطْعَةُ أَرْضٍ قَدْرَ مَدَى الْبَصَرِ
A piece of land the extent of sight.
وَقَدْرَ مَدَّ الْبَصَرِ أَيْضًا
And the extent of sight as well.
وَالْمَدَى عَلَى فَعِيلٍ: الْحَوْضُ الَّذِي لَيْسَتْ لَهُ نَصَائِبُ
And al-mada on the pattern 'fa'eel': the basin which has no supports.
إِذَا أُمِيلَ فِي الْمَدَى فَاضَ
If it is tilted in the basin, it overflows.
وَالْجَمْعُ أَمْدِيَةٌ
And the plural is amdiya.
وَالْمِدْيَةُ بِالضَّمِّ: الشَّفْرَةُ
And al-madyah with dammah: the blade.
وَقَدْ تُكْسَرُ
And it may be kasr.
وَالْجَمْعُ مَدِيَّاتٌ وَمَدَى
And the plural is madyyat and mada.
وَالْمَدَى: الْقِفِيزُ الشَّامِيُّ
And al-mada: the Syrian qafiz.
وَهُوَ غَيْرُ الْمُدِّ
And it is different from al-mudd.