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مُحَدَّد

specific /muˈħaddad/

adjectiveB1#1562 most common

Also: specified, defined, fixed (set in advance)

Example sentences

هذا وقت مُحَدَّد.
This is a specific time.
لدينا هدف مُحَدَّد لهذا العام.
We have a specific goal for this year.
يجب أن تصل في الموعد المُحَدَّد.
You must arrive at the specified time.
لم يعطِنا المدير سبباً مُحَدَّداً للتأخير.
The manager did not give us a specific reason for the delay.
تُصرف الميزانية وفق بنود مُحَدَّدة لا يجوز تجاوزها.
The budget is spent according to specific items that may not be exceeded.
ينطبق هذا الشرط على فئة مُحَدَّدة من الموظفين دون سواهم، وفق ما نصّ عليه العقد.
This condition applies to a specific category of employees and no others, as stipulated by the contract.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeمُحَدَّدٌمُحَدَّدُونَ
Genitiveمُحَدَّدٍمُحَدَّدِينَ
Accusativeمُحَدَّداًمُحَدَّدِينَ
Vocativeمُحَدَّدُمُحَدَّدُونَ

Word family

حَدَّدَto specify, determine
حَدّlimit, edgeتَحْدِيدspecification, demarcationمَحْدُودlimited
حُدُودborders, limits

Etymology

The word is the passive participle of the form II verb حَدَّد, meaning to delimit or specify. Both derive from the triliteral root ح-د-د, which carries the sense of an edge, limit, or boundary. The base noun حَدّ means a limit or border. To make something مُحَدَّد is to set its limits, hence to fix or specify it.

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