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مُعَدّ
prepared /muˈʕadd/
adjectiveB1#1800 most common
Also: ready, made ready, equipped
Example sentences
الطَّعامُ مُعَدّ.
The food is ready.
الغُرْفَةُ مُعَدّةٌ لِلضُّيوف.
The room is prepared for the guests.
كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مُعَدّ قَبْلَ وُصولِ المُديرِ.
Everything is ready before the manager arrives.
هذا التَّقريرُ مُعَدّ بِعِنايَةٍ مِنْ قِبَلِ الفَريق.
This report was carefully prepared by the team.
وَجَدْنا الخُطّةَ مُعَدّةً جَيِّداً لكنّها تَحْتاجُ إلى مُراجَعَةٍ أخيرة.
We found the plan well prepared, but it needs a final review.
لمْ تَكُنِ المَلاجِئُ مُعَدّةً لاسْتِقْبالِ هذا العَدَدِ الهائِلِ مِنَ النّازِحين.
The shelters were not equipped to receive this huge number of displaced people.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُعَدٌّ | مُعَدُّونَ |
| Genitive | مُعَدٍّ | مُعَدِّينَ |
| Accusative | مُعَدّاً | مُعَدِّينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُعَدُّ | يا مُعَدُّونَ |
Word family
أَعَدَّto prepare, to make ready
إِعْدادpreparationمُعِدّpreparer, producer
اِسْتِعْدادreadiness, willingness
عَدَّto count
Etymology
مُعَدّ is the passive participle of the form IV verb أَعَدَّ, "to prepare." The verb comes from the triliteral root ع-د-د, whose base sense is "to count, to number." The meaning shifted from counting and reckoning to setting things in order, and so to making ready.
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