مدام
Arabic
Etymology
Derived from the passive participle أَدَامَ (ʾadāma, “to make last”), the wine being so called because nothing else can be continued to be drunk like it, or because it ripens long.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mu.daːm/
Adjective
مُدَام • (mudām)
- passive participle of أَدَامَ (ʾadāma)
Declension
Declension of adjective مُدَام (mudām)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | مُدَام mudām | الْمُدَام al-mudām | مُدَامَة mudāma | الْمُدَامَة al-mudāma |
| Nominative | مُدَامٌ mudāmun | الْمُدَامُ al-mudāmu | مُدَامَةٌ mudāmatun | الْمُدَامَةُ al-mudāmatu |
| Accusative | مُدَامًا mudāman | الْمُدَامَ al-mudāma | مُدَامَةً mudāmatan | الْمُدَامَةَ al-mudāmata |
| Genitive | مُدَامٍ mudāmin | الْمُدَامِ al-mudāmi | مُدَامَةٍ mudāmatin | الْمُدَامَةِ al-mudāmati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | مُدَامَيْن mudāmayn | الْمُدَامَيْن al-mudāmayn | مُدَامَتَيْن mudāmatayn | الْمُدَامَتَيْن al-mudāmatayn |
| Nominative | مُدَامَانِ mudāmāni | الْمُدَامَانِ al-mudāmāni | مُدَامَتَانِ mudāmatāni | الْمُدَامَتَانِ al-mudāmatāni |
| Accusative | مُدَامَيْنِ mudāmayni | الْمُدَامَيْنِ al-mudāmayni | مُدَامَتَيْنِ mudāmatayni | الْمُدَامَتَيْنِ al-mudāmatayni |
| Genitive | مُدَامَيْنِ mudāmayni | الْمُدَامَيْنِ al-mudāmayni | مُدَامَتَيْنِ mudāmatayni | الْمُدَامَتَيْنِ al-mudāmatayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | مُدَامِين mudāmīn | الْمُدَامِين al-mudāmīn | مُدَامَات mudāmāt | الْمُدَامَات al-mudāmāt |
| Nominative | مُدَامُونَ mudāmūna | الْمُدَامُونَ al-mudāmūna | مُدَامَاتٌ mudāmātun | الْمُدَامَاتُ al-mudāmātu |
| Accusative | مُدَامِينَ mudāmīna | الْمُدَامِينَ al-mudāmīna | مُدَامَاتٍ mudāmātin | الْمُدَامَاتِ al-mudāmāti |
| Genitive | مُدَامِينَ mudāmīna | الْمُدَامِينَ al-mudāmīna | مُدَامَاتٍ mudāmātin | الْمُدَامَاتِ al-mudāmāti |
Descendants
- → Georgian: მუდამ (mudam)
Noun
مُدَام • (mudām) m (plural مُدَامَات (mudāmāt)) (obsolete)
- long-lasting rain
- wine
- 900s, al-Mutanabbī, ألذ من المدام الخندريس:
- أَلَذَّ مِنَ المُدامِ الخَنْدَرِيسِ وَأَحْلَى مِنْ مُعَاطَاةِ الْكُؤُوسِ
- ʾalaḏḏa mina l-mudāmi l-ḵandarīsi waʾaḥlā min muʿāṭāti l-kuʾūsi
- And they rejoiced on old wine and delighted themselves in sharing the beakers.
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Declension
Declension of noun مُدَام (mudām)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مُدَام mudām | الْمُدَام al-mudām | مُدَام mudām |
| Nominative | مُدَامٌ mudāmun | الْمُدَامُ al-mudāmu | مُدَامُ mudāmu |
| Accusative | مُدَامًا mudāman | الْمُدَامَ al-mudāma | مُدَامَ mudāma |
| Genitive | مُدَامٍ mudāmin | الْمُدَامِ al-mudāmi | مُدَامِ mudāmi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مُدَامَيْن mudāmayn | الْمُدَامَيْن al-mudāmayn | مُدَامَيْ mudāmay |
| Nominative | مُدَامَانِ mudāmāni | الْمُدَامَانِ al-mudāmāni | مُدَامَا mudāmā |
| Accusative | مُدَامَيْنِ mudāmayni | الْمُدَامَيْنِ al-mudāmayni | مُدَامَيْ mudāmay |
| Genitive | مُدَامَيْنِ mudāmayni | الْمُدَامَيْنِ al-mudāmayni | مُدَامَيْ mudāmay |
| Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مُدَامَات mudāmāt | الْمُدَامَات al-mudāmāt | مُدَامَات mudāmāt |
| Nominative | مُدَامَاتٌ mudāmātun | الْمُدَامَاتُ al-mudāmātu | مُدَامَاتُ mudāmātu |
| Accusative | مُدَامَاتٍ mudāmātin | الْمُدَامَاتِ al-mudāmāti | مُدَامَاتِ mudāmāti |
| Genitive | مُدَامَاتٍ mudāmātin | الْمُدَامَاتِ al-mudāmāti | مُدَامَاتِ mudāmāti |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1833), “مدام”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 73
- الأعشى [al-ʾaʿšā] (a. 625), Geyer, Rudolf, editor, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6) (in German), volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, pages 80
- Maraqten, Mohammed (1993), “Wine Drinking and Wine Prohibition in Arabia before Islam”, in Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, volume 23, page 102