Compareمَدَّ(madda,“toextend”). Has the form of a feminine active participle, literally meaning "extending".
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مَادَّة• (mādda) f (pluralمَوَادّ(mawādd))
| singular | singulartriptote inـَة(-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَادَّة mādda | الْمَادَّة al-mādda | مَادَّة māddat |
| nominative | مَادَّةٌ māddatun | الْمَادَّةُ al-māddatu | مَادَّةُ māddatu |
| accusative | مَادَّةً māddatan | الْمَادَّةَ al-māddata | مَادَّةَ māddata |
| genitive | مَادَّةٍ māddatin | الْمَادَّةِ al-māddati | مَادَّةِ māddati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | مَادَّتَيْن māddatayn | الْمَادَّتَيْن al-māddatayn | مَادَّتَيْ māddatay |
| nominative | مَادَّتَانِ māddatāni | الْمَادَّتَانِ al-māddatāni | مَادَّتَا māddatā |
| accusative | مَادَّتَيْنِ māddatayni | الْمَادَّتَيْنِ al-māddatayni | مَادَّتَيْ māddatay |
| genitive | مَادَّتَيْنِ māddatayni | الْمَادَّتَيْنِ al-māddatayni | مَادَّتَيْ māddatay |
| plural | basicbroken pluraldiptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَوَادّ mawādd | الْمَوَادّ al-mawādd | مَوَادّ mawādd |
| nominative | مَوَادُّ mawāddu | الْمَوَادُّ al-mawāddu | مَوَادُّ mawāddu |
| accusative | مَوَادَّ mawādda | الْمَوَادَّ al-mawādda | مَوَادَّ mawādda |
| genitive | مَوَادَّ mawādda | الْمَوَادِّ al-mawāddi | مَوَادِّ mawāddi |