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مَدِين
indebted, in debt /maˈdiːn/
adjectiveB1#2014 most common
Also: owing, debtor, obliged
Example sentences
أنا مَدِين لك.
I am indebted to you.
هو مَدِين لِلبنك.
He is in debt to the bank.
أنا مَدِين لك بِالشُّكر.
I owe you thanks.
أصبح مَديناً بعد شِراء البيت.
He became indebted after buying the house.
الرجل المَدين لا يستطيع النوم مِن القلق.
The man in debt cannot sleep from worry.
أشعر أنني مَدين لِوالِدَيَّ بِكل ما أملِكه اليوم.
I feel that I owe my parents everything I own today.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَدِينٌ | مَدِينُونَ |
| Genitive | مَدِينٍ | مَدِينِينَ |
| Accusative | مَدِيناً | مَدِينِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مَدِينُ | يا مَدِينُونَ |
Word family
دَيْنdebt
دائِنcreditor
دانَto owe, to lend
مَدْيونin debt, owed upon
اِستَدانَto borrow, to run up debt
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root د-ي-ن (d-y-n), tied to the verb دانَ, meaning to owe or to borrow. It shares this root with دَيْن (dayn), the noun for debt. The same three consonants also carry senses of judgment and religion in Arabic and related Semitic languages.
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