مائدة

Arabic

مَائِدَة

Etymology

Borrowed from Ge'ez ማእድ (maʾədd, “table”), which is of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː.ʔi.da/

Noun

مَائِدَة • (māʔida) f (plural مَائِدَات (māʔidāt) or مَوَائِد (mawāʔid))

1. dining table
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:112-114:
2. (metonymically) The food itself

   مَائِدَة العَشَاء ― māʔida(t) al-ʕašāʔ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Declension of noun مَائِدَة (māʔida)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَائِدَة māʔida	الْمَائِدَة al-māʔida	مَائِدَة māʔidat
Nominative	مَائِدَةٌ māʔidatun	الْمَائِدَةُ al-māʔidatu	مَائِدَةُ māʔidatu
Accusative	مَائِدَةً māʔidatan	الْمَائِدَةَ al-māʔidata	مَائِدَةَ māʔidata
Genitive	مَائِدَةٍ māʔidatin	الْمَائِدَةِ al-māʔidati	مَائِدَةِ māʔidati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَائِدَتَيْن māʔidatayn	الْمَائِدَتَيْن al-māʔidatayn	مَائِدَتَيْ māʔidatay
Nominative	مَائِدَتَانِ māʔidatāni	الْمَائِدَتَانِ al-māʔidatāni	مَائِدَتَا māʔidatā
Accusative	مَائِدَتَيْنِ māʔidatayni	الْمَائِدَتَيْنِ al-māʔidatayni	مَائِدَتَيْ māʔidatay
Genitive	مَائِدَتَيْنِ māʔidatayni	الْمَائِدَتَيْنِ al-māʔidatayni	مَائِدَتَيْ māʔidatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَائِدَات‎; مَوَائِد māʔidāt‎; mawāʔid	الْمَائِدَات‎; الْمَوَائِد al-māʔidāt‎; al-mawāʔid	مَائِدَات‎; مَوَائِد māʔidāt‎; mawāʔid
Nominative	مَائِدَاتٌ‎; مَوَائِدُ māʔidātun‎; mawāʔidu	الْمَائِدَاتُ‎; الْمَوَائِدُ al-māʔidātu‎; al-mawāʔidu	مَائِدَاتُ‎; مَوَائِدُ māʔidātu‎; mawāʔidu
Accusative	مَائِدَاتٍ‎; مَوَائِدَ māʔidātin‎; mawāʔida	الْمَائِدَاتِ‎; الْمَوَائِدَ al-māʔidāti‎; al-mawāʔida	مَائِدَاتِ‎; مَوَائِدَ māʔidāti‎; mawāʔida
Genitive	مَائِدَاتٍ‎; مَوَائِدَ māʔidātin‎; mawāʔida	الْمَائِدَاتِ‎; الْمَوَائِدِ al-māʔidāti‎; al-mawāʔidi	مَائِدَاتِ‎; مَوَائِدِ māʔidāti‎; mawāʔidi

Descendants

• Maltese: mejda
• → Azerbaijani: maidə
• → Georgian: მაგიდა (magida) (possibly)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مائده (maide)
  • → Turkish: maide
• → Persian: میده (maida, “a table covered with viande”)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ማእድ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 197–198
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎^[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 24
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