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مُدَّة
period of time /ˈmud.da/
nounA1#422 most common
Also: duration, a while, term
Example sentences
اِنْتَظَرْتُ مُدَّةً قَصِيرَةً.
I waited for a short while.
دَرَسْتُ العَرَبِيَّةَ مُدَّةَ سَنَتَيْنِ.
I studied Arabic for a period of two years.
اِسْتَمَرَّتِ المُحَادَثَةُ مُدَّةً طَوِيلَةً.
The conversation went on for a long time.
لَمْ نَرَهُ مُنْذُ مُدَّةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ.
We have not seen him for a long time.
تَجَاوَزَتْ مُدَّةُ العَقْدِ خَمْسَ سَنَوَاتٍ.
The contract period exceeded five years.
اِنْقَضَتْ مُدَّةُ الصَّلاحِيَّةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَتَمَكَّنَ مِنَ اسْتِهْلاكِ المُنْتَجِ.
The validity period expired before we could use the product.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُدَّةٌ | مُدَدٌ |
| Genitive | مُدَّةٍ | مُدَدٍ |
| Accusative | مُدَّةً | مُدَدًا |
| Vocative | يا مُدَّةُ | يا مُدَدُ |
Word family
مَدَّto stretch, extend
اِمْتِدَادextension, span
مَمْدُودextended, stretched out
مُدَدperiods (plural of مُدَّة)
مَدّextension; high tideEtymology
مُدَّة comes from the Semitic root م-د-د (m-d-d), which means to stretch or extend. A مُدَّة is a stretch of time, a span measured out from one point to another. The same root gives the verb مَدَّ, to extend, and the noun مَدّ, a high tide that reaches out across the shore.
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