مَدّ
flow of the sea
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Highlights
Present tense
يَمُدُّ
Verbal noun
مَدّ
Active participle
مَادّ
Passive participle
مَمْدُود
Most common words from the same root
مَدَّ in English
Verb · Form I
- to extend, to stretch, to spread out, to lay out transitive
اُمْدُدْ يَدَكَ / مُدَّ يَدَكَ.Extend your hand.
- to help, to support transitive
- to supply, to provide transitive
Word origin
Compare مَتَّ (matta) and مَطَّ (maṭṭa). Cognate with Akkadian 𒉘 (madādum, “to measure”).
Words from the root م-د-د
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مَدَّ
· present يَمُدُّ
Form I · The plain action
to extend, to stretch, to spread out, to lay out; to help, to support; to supply, to provide
أَمَّدَ
· present يُؤَمِّدُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to set a deadline to, to term
تَأْمِيد
مُؤَمِّد
مُؤَمَّد
أَمَدَّ
· present يُمِدُّ
Form IV · Causative
to grant a delay of payment; to help, to assist; to aid with troops or provisions
إِمْدَاد
supply
مُمِدّ
مُمَدّ
تَمَدَّدَ
· present يَتَمَدَّدُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to stretch out
تَمَدُّد
stretching
مُتَمَدِّد
اِمْتَدَّ
· present يَمْتَدُّ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to stretch, to expand (intransitive); to extend, to lengthen, to elongate (intransitive); to spread (intransitive)
اِمْتِدَاد
مُمْتَدّ
extended
مُمْتَدّ
اِسْتَمَدَّ
· present يَسْتَمِدُّ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to derive, to take; to ask (someone) for help
اِسْتِمْدَاد
مُسْتَمِدّ
مُسْتَمَدّ
مَدَّ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | مَدَدْتُ | أَمُدُّ | أَمُدَّ | أَمُدَّ / أَمُدِّ / أَمْدُدْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | مَدَدْتَ | تَمُدُّ | تَمُدَّ | تَمُدَّ / تَمُدِّ / تَمْدُدْ | مُدَّ / مُدِّ / اُمْدُدْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | مَدَدْتِ | تَمُدِّينَ | تَمُدِّي | تَمُدِّي | مُدِّي |
| هُوَ he | مَدَّ | يَمُدُّ | يَمُدَّ | يَمُدَّ / يَمُدِّ / يَمْدُدْ | — |
| هِيَ she | مَدَّتْ | تَمُدُّ | تَمُدَّ | تَمُدَّ / تَمُدِّ / تَمْدُدْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | مَدَدْتُمَا | تَمُدَّانِ | تَمُدَّا | تَمُدَّا | مُدَّا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | مَدَّا | يَمُدَّانِ | يَمُدَّا | يَمُدَّا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | مَدَّتَا | تَمُدَّانِ | تَمُدَّا | تَمُدَّا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | مَدَدْنَا | نَمُدُّ | نَمُدَّ | نَمُدَّ / نَمُدِّ / نَمْدُدْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | مَدَدْتُمْ | تَمُدُّونَ | تَمُدُّوا | تَمُدُّوا | مُدُّوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | مَدَدْتُنَّ | تَمْدُدْنَ | تَمْدُدْنَ | تَمْدُدْنَ | اُمْدُدْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | مَدُّوا | يَمُدُّونَ | يَمُدُّوا | يَمُدُّوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | مَدَدْنَ | يَمْدُدْنَ | يَمْدُدْنَ | يَمْدُدْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | مَدّ |
|---|---|
| Active participle | مَادّ |
| Passive participle | مَمْدُود |
مَدَّ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to extend
اُمْدُدْ يَدَكَ / مُدَّ يَدَكَ.Extend your hand.
From a fully vowelled text
تَمُدُّ يَمِينَكَ فَتَبْتَلِعُهُمُ الأَرْضُ.Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.Exodus 15:12, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
مَدَّ قَوْسَهُ وَنَصَبَنِي كَغَرَضٍ لِلسَّهْمِ.He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.Lamentations 3:12, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَقَالَ: «ارْفَعْهُ لِنَفْسِكَ». فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ وَأَخَذَهُ.Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.2 Kings 6:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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