مدر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *mVdr-.

Noun

مَدَر • (madar) m (collective, singulative مَدَرَة f (madara))

1. thick mud; clayey and loamy earth

   Hypernym: طِين (ṭīn)

   Synonym: لَبِن (labin)

   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 54:134:

     وَيُحْصَرُ نَبِيُّ اللَّهُ عِيسَى وَأَصْحَابُهُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ رَأْسُ الثَّوْرِ لِأَحَدِهِمْ خَيْرًا مِنْ مِائَةِ دِينَارٍ لِأَحَدِكُمُ الْيَوْمَ فَيَرْغَبُ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ عِيسَى وَأَصْحَابُهُ فَيُرْسِلُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهُمُ النَّغَفَ فِي رِقَابِهِمْ فَيُصْبِحُونَ فَرْسَى كَمَوْتِ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ يَهْبِطُ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ عِيسَى وَأَصْحَابُهُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَلَا يَجِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَوْضِعَ شِبْرٍ إِلَّا مَلَأَهُ زَهَمُهُمْ وَنَتْنُهُمْ فَيَرْغَبُ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ عِيسَى وَأَصْحَابُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ فَيُرْسِلُ اللَّهُ طَيْرًا كَأَعْنَاقِ الْبُخْتِ فَتَحْمِلُهُمْ فَتَطْرَحُهُمْ حَيْثُ شَاءَ اللَّه ثُمَّ يُرْسِلُ اللّٰهُ مَطَرًا لَا يَكُنُّ مِنْهُ بَيْتُ مَدَرٍ وَلَا وَبَرٍ فَيَغْسِلُ الْأَرْضَ حَتَّى يَتْرُكَهَا كَٱلزَّلَفَةِ

     He shall be enclosed, Jesus, the Prophet of Allah, together with his companions, till an ox's head becomes, to each of them, worthier than a hundred dinars to any of you today. Then will he, Jesus, the Prophet of Allah, plead, and thereupon will Allah spawn burrowing worms in their [Gog and Magog's] necks, and they will become preys, dropping off as in the death of one soul. Then he will climb down, Jesus, the Prophet of Allah, with his companions, and they will not find on the earth a handspan-long place that was not filled with their rot and putrefaction, and so will Jesus, the Prophet of Allah, and his companions plead to Allah. Then shall Allah send down rain, and there shall be after it no house of mud nor wool so that He may wash out the earth till He leaves it like a nacre-shell.

   1. mudbricks (as used to build brickhouses)

      Hyponym: طُوب (ṭūb, “firebricks”)

2. (obsolete) silt

   Synonyms: طَمْي (ṭamy), إِبْلِيز (ʔiblīz), غَرِين (ḡarīn)

Declension

Declension of noun مَدَر (madar)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَدَر madar	الْمَدَر al-madar	مَدَر madar
Nominative	مَدَرٌ madarun	الْمَدَرُ al-madaru	مَدَرُ madaru
Accusative	مَدَرًا madaran	الْمَدَرَ al-madara	مَدَرَ madara
Genitive	مَدَرٍ madarin	الْمَدَرِ al-madari	مَدَرِ madari
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَدَرَة madara	الْمَدَرَة al-madara	مَدَرَة madarat
Nominative	مَدَرَةٌ madaratun	الْمَدَرَةُ al-madaratu	مَدَرَةُ madaratu
Accusative	مَدَرَةً madaratan	الْمَدَرَةَ al-madarata	مَدَرَةَ madarata
Genitive	مَدَرَةٍ madaratin	الْمَدَرَةِ al-madarati	مَدَرَةِ madarati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَدَرَتَيْن madaratayn	الْمَدَرَتَيْن al-madaratayn	مَدَرَتَيْ madaratay
Nominative	مَدَرَتَانِ madaratāni	الْمَدَرَتَانِ al-madaratāni	مَدَرَتَا madaratā
Accusative	مَدَرَتَيْنِ madaratayni	الْمَدَرَتَيْنِ al-madaratayni	مَدَرَتَيْ madaratay
Genitive	مَدَرَتَيْنِ madaratayni	الْمَدَرَتَيْنِ al-madaratayni	مَدَرَتَيْ madaratay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَدَرَات madarāt	الْمَدَرَات al-madarāt	مَدَرَات madarāt
Nominative	مَدَرَاتٌ madarātun	الْمَدَرَاتُ al-madarātu	مَدَرَاتُ madarātu
Accusative	مَدَرَاتٍ madarātin	الْمَدَرَاتِ al-madarāti	مَدَرَاتِ madarāti
Genitive	مَدَرَاتٍ madarātin	الْمَدَرَاتِ al-madarāti	مَدَرَاتِ madarāti

Proper noun

مَدَر • (madar) f

1. Madar (a reoccurring name of villages in Yemen)

Declension

Declension of noun مَدَر (madar)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	مَدَر madar	—
Nominative	—	مَدَرُ madaru	—
Accusative	—	مَدَرَ madara	—
Genitive	—	مَدَرَ madara	—

Derived terms

• مَدَرَ (madara), present يَمْدُرُ (yamduru), as well as مَدَّرَ (maddara, “to apply loam upon”)
• أَمْدَر (ʔamdar, “ventrose”)
• مِدَارَة (midāra, “motte of loam”)
• مَدَرِيّ (madariyy, “towner”)
• مِمْدَرَة (mimdara, “place from which loam is obtained”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

مُدِرّ • (mudirr) (feminine مُدِرَّة (mudirra), masculine plural مُدِرُّونَ (mudirrūna), feminine plural مُدِرَّات (mudirrāt))

1. active participle of أَدَرَّ (ʔadarra, “to let flow”)
2. diuretic, or else tending to cause the discharge of liquids

Declension

Declension of adjective مُدِرّ (mudirr)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُدِرّ mudirr	الْمُدِرّ al-mudirr	مُدِرَّة mudirra	الْمُدِرَّة al-mudirra
Nominative	مُدِرٌّ mudirrun	الْمُدِرُّ al-mudirru	مُدِرَّةٌ mudirratun	الْمُدِرَّةُ al-mudirratu
Accusative	مُدِرًّا mudirran	الْمُدِرَّ al-mudirra	مُدِرَّةً mudirratan	الْمُدِرَّةَ al-mudirrata
Genitive	مُدِرٍّ mudirrin	الْمُدِرِّ al-mudirri	مُدِرَّةٍ mudirratin	الْمُدِرَّةِ al-mudirrati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُدِرَّيْن mudirrayn	الْمُدِرَّيْن al-mudirrayn	مُدِرَّتَيْن mudirratayn	الْمُدِرَّتَيْن al-mudirratayn
Nominative	مُدِرَّانِ mudirrāni	الْمُدِرَّانِ al-mudirrāni	مُدِرَّتَانِ mudirratāni	الْمُدِرَّتَانِ al-mudirratāni
Accusative	مُدِرَّيْنِ mudirrayni	الْمُدِرَّيْنِ al-mudirrayni	مُدِرَّتَيْنِ mudirratayni	الْمُدِرَّتَيْنِ al-mudirratayni
Genitive	مُدِرَّيْنِ mudirrayni	الْمُدِرَّيْنِ al-mudirrayni	مُدِرَّتَيْنِ mudirratayni	الْمُدِرَّتَيْنِ al-mudirratayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُدِرِّين mudirrīn	الْمُدِرِّين al-mudirrīn	مُدِرَّات mudirrāt	الْمُدِرَّات al-mudirrāt
Nominative	مُدِرُّونَ mudirrūna	الْمُدِرُّونَ al-mudirrūna	مُدِرَّاتٌ mudirrātun	الْمُدِرَّاتُ al-mudirrātu
Accusative	مُدِرِّينَ mudirrīna	الْمُدِرِّينَ al-mudirrīna	مُدِرَّاتٍ mudirrātin	الْمُدِرَّاتِ al-mudirrāti
Genitive	مُدِرِّينَ mudirrīna	الْمُدِرِّينَ al-mudirrīna	مُدِرَّاتٍ mudirrātin	الْمُدِرَّاتِ al-mudirrāti

Derived terms

• مُدِرَّة (mudirra, “goat's rue”)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “مدر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 160b
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “مدر”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1078a
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مدر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen, pages 975b–976a