مادة

See also: ماده and مادہ

Arabic

Etymology

Root
م د د (m d d)
14 terms

Compare مَدَّ (madda, “to extend”). Has the form of a feminine active participle, literally meaning "extending".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːd.da/

• Audio:

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Noun

مَادَّة • (mādda) f (plural مَوَادّ (mawādd))

1. matter, stuff, material, substance
2. material possession
3. component, constituent, ingredient
4. fundamental constituent
5. (chemistry) radical, chemical element, base
6. subject, theme, topic, subject matter
7. school subject, field of study, discipline
8. (law) article, paragraph
9. (law) stipulation, contractual term

Declension

Declension of noun مَادَّة (mādda)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-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	basic broken plural diptote
	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

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: maddə
• → Bashkir: матдә (matdə, “matter, substance”)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ماده (madde)
  • Turkish: madde
  • → Romanian: madea
• → Persian: ماده (mâdde)
  • → Urdu: مادہ
• → Tatar: матдә (matdä), matdä
• → Uyghur: ماددا (madda)
• → Uzbek: modda