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مَعْدِنِيّ
mineral /maʕ.diˈniː/
adjectiveB1#2726 most common
Also: metallic, metal (adjective)
Example sentences
أشرب ماءً معدنيًّا كلَّ يوم.
I drink mineral water every day.
هذا البابُ معدنيٌّ وليس خشبيًّا.
This door is metal, not wood.
يحتوي هذا الطعامُ على عناصرَ معدنيةٍ مفيدةٍ للجسم.
This food contains mineral elements that are good for the body.
تنتشر صناعةُ الأثاث المعدنيّ في هذه المدينة.
The manufacture of metal furniture is widespread in this city.
تُستخرج الأملاحُ المعدنية من باطن الأرض قبل تكريرها.
Mineral salts are extracted from beneath the earth before being refined.
أدّى التلوثُ الصناعيّ إلى ارتفاع نسبة المركبات المعدنية الثقيلة في التربة الزراعية.
Industrial pollution led to a rise in the proportion of heavy mineral compounds in agricultural soil.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | معدنيٌّ | معدنيّون |
| Genitive | معدنيٍّ | معدنيّين |
| Accusative | معدنيًّا | معدنيّين |
| Vocative | يا معدنيُّ | يا معدنيّون |
Word family
معدنmineral, metal, ore, mine
معادنminerals, metals (plural)
تعدينmining
عدنEden / Aden
Etymology
The word comes from معدن (maʿdin, "mineral, metal, ore, mine"), built on the triliteral root ع-د-ن, which carries the sense "to dwell, settle, remain fixed." A maʿdin was originally "a place where something resides," applied to the spot underground where metal is found. The nisba suffix -iyy turns that noun into the adjective معدنيّ, "of or belonging to a mine," hence "mineral" or "metallic." The same root gives Arabic عدن (ʿAdn), the name behind the biblical Eden.
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