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مَدَى
extent /maˈdaː/
nounA1#639 most common
Also: range, scope, span
Example sentences
إلى أيِّ مَدًى؟
To what extent?
عَمِلْنا على مَدى أُسبوعٍ كامِل.
We worked over the span of a whole week.
إلى أيِّ مَدًى يُمكِنُ أن نَثِقَ بِهِ؟
To what extent can we trust him?
يَعتَمِدُ نَجاحُ المَشروعِ على مَدى التِزامِنا بِهِ.
The project's success depends on the extent of our commitment to it.
أدرَكَ الباحِثونَ مَدى تَعقيدِ المُشكِلةِ بَعدَ سَنَواتٍ مِنَ الدِّراسة.
The researchers grasped the extent of the problem's complexity after years of study.
لا يُمكِنُ قِياسُ مَدى تأثيرِ هذِهِ السِّياساتِ إلّا على المَدى البَعيد.
The extent of these policies' impact cannot be measured except over the long term.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَدًى | أَمْداءٌ |
| Genitive | مَدًى | أَمْداءٍ |
| Accusative | مَدًى | أَمْداءً |
| Vocative | يا مَدَى | يا أَمْداءُ |
Word family
مَدَّto extend, to stretch out
مُدَّةperiod, duration
اِمتِدادextension, expanse
مَدِيدextended, prolonged
تَمادَىto go too far, to persist
Etymology
مَدَى comes from the Semitic root م-د-ي, which carries the sense of stretching or reaching out to a limit. It is close in meaning to the root م-د-د, "to extend or stretch," the source of مَدَّ (to extend) and مُدَّة (a period). The noun names the far point a thing reaches, whether in space, time, or degree.
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