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مادَّة
material; substance /ˈmaːd.da/
nounA2#922 most common
Also: matter (physical), (academic) subject, article or clause (of a law)
Example sentences
هذه المادّة سهلة.
This subject is easy.
الكيمياء مادّتي المُفضّلة في المدرسة.
Chemistry is my favorite subject at school.
يَحتاج هذا الدواء إلى مادّة فعّالة لعلاج المرض.
This medicine needs an active substance to treat the illness.
حذّر العلماء من أنّ هذه المادّة الكيميائية خطيرة على البيئة.
Scientists warned that this chemical substance is dangerous to the environment.
تنصّ المادّة الخامسة من الدستور على حُرّية التعبير.
Article five of the constitution provides for freedom of expression.
يرى الفلاسفة الماديّون أنّ المادّة أساس الوجود وأنّ الوعي ينبثق منها.
Materialist philosophers hold that matter is the basis of existence and that consciousness emerges from it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مادّةٌ | مَوادُّ |
| Genitive | مادّةٍ | مَوادَّ |
| Accusative | مادّةً | مَوادَّ |
| Vocative | مادّةُ | مَوادُّ |
Word family
مَوادّmaterials, substances (plural)
مادّيّmaterial, physical, materialistic
مادّيّةmaterialism; materiality
مَدَّto extend, stretch, supply
مَدَدsupply, reinforcement
Etymology
مادّة comes from the Semitic root m-d-d, which means to extend, to stretch, or to measure out. It is the feminine active participle of the verb مَدَّ, to extend or supply, so the noun first meant that which is supplied or extended. From this came the sense of matter or material, the stuff that makes up bodies. Later the word widened to cover an academic subject, an article of a law, and an ingredient.
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