مدي

See also: مذي, مذی, and مدى

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
م د ي (m-d-y)

Noun

مُدِيّ • (mudiyy) m (plural أَمْدِيَة (ʔamdiya))

1. an unwalled watercourse

Declension

Declension of noun مُدِيّ (mudiyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُدِي mudī	الْمُدِي al-mudī	مُدِي mudī
Nominative	مُدِيٌّ mudiyyun	الْمُدِيُّ al-mudiyyu	مُدِيُّ mudiyyu
Accusative	مُدِيًّا mudiyyan	الْمُدِيَّ al-mudiyya	مُدِيَّ mudiyya
Genitive	مُدِيٍّ mudiyyin	الْمُدِيِّ al-mudiyyi	مُدِيِّ mudiyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُدِيَّيْن mudiyyayn	الْمُدِيَّيْن al-mudiyyayn	مُدِيَّيْ mudiyyay
Nominative	مُدِيَّانِ mudiyyāni	الْمُدِيَّانِ al-mudiyyāni	مُدِيَّا mudiyyā
Accusative	مُدِيَّيْنِ mudiyyayni	الْمُدِيَّيْنِ al-mudiyyayni	مُدِيَّيْ mudiyyay
Genitive	مُدِيَّيْنِ mudiyyayni	الْمُدِيَّيْنِ al-mudiyyayni	مُدِيَّيْ mudiyyay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَمْدِيَة ʔamdiya	الْأَمْدِيَة al-ʔamdiya	أَمْدِيَة ʔamdiyat
Nominative	أَمْدِيَةٌ ʔamdiyatun	الْأَمْدِيَةُ al-ʔamdiyatu	أَمْدِيَةُ ʔamdiyatu
Accusative	أَمْدِيَةً ʔamdiyatan	الْأَمْدِيَةَ al-ʔamdiyata	أَمْدِيَةَ ʔamdiyata
Genitive	أَمْدِيَةٍ ʔamdiyatin	الْأَمْدِيَةِ al-ʔamdiyati	أَمْدِيَةِ ʔamdiyati

Etymology 2

See مُدّ (mudd) of broader use.

Noun

مُدْي • (mudy) m (plural أَمْدَاء (ʔamdāʔ)) (obsolete)

1. a dry measure whereof the details are uncertain
   • 577 AH / 1181–82 CE, ابن هشام اللخمي [Ibn Hišām al-Laḵmiyy], edited by José Pérez Lázaro, (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume II, Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional, published 1990, →ISBN, page 319 Nr. 490:

     ويقولون المُدِي للسّوق التّي يباع فيها الدّقيق. والصّواب المُدْيُ وهو مكيال كبير الأهل الشّأم وليس باسم لسوق.

     They say mudī of the market wherein flour is bought. The correct is mudy, it is large measure of the people of the Levant and no market name.

Declension

Declension of noun مُدْي (mudy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُدْي mudy	الْمُدْي al-mudy	مُدْي mudy
Nominative	مُدْيٌ mudyun	الْمُدْيُ al-mudyu	مُدْيُ mudyu
Accusative	مُدْيًا mudyan	الْمُدْيَ al-mudya	مُدْيَ mudya
Genitive	مُدْيٍ mudyin	الْمُدْيِ al-mudyi	مُدْيِ mudyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُدْيَيْن mudyayn	الْمُدْيَيْن al-mudyayn	مُدْيَيْ mudyay
Nominative	مُدْيَانِ mudyāni	الْمُدْيَانِ al-mudyāni	مُدْيَا mudyā
Accusative	مُدْيَيْنِ mudyayni	الْمُدْيَيْنِ al-mudyayni	مُدْيَيْ mudyay
Genitive	مُدْيَيْنِ mudyayni	الْمُدْيَيْنِ al-mudyayni	مُدْيَيْ mudyay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَمْدَاء ʔamdāʔ	الْأَمْدَاء al-ʔamdāʔ	أَمْدَاء ʔamdāʔ
Nominative	أَمْدَاءٌ ʔamdāʔun	الْأَمْدَاءُ al-ʔamdāʔu	أَمْدَاءُ ʔamdāʔu
Accusative	أَمْدَاءً ʔamdāʔan	الْأَمْدَاءَ al-ʔamdāʔa	أَمْدَاءَ ʔamdāʔa
Genitive	أَمْدَاءٍ ʔamdāʔin	الْأَمْدَاءِ al-ʔamdāʔi	أَمْدَاءِ ʔamdāʔi

Etymology 3

Verb

مُدِّي • (muddī) (form I)

1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of مَدَّ (madda)

Etymology 4

Verb

مُدِيَ • (mudiya) (form I)

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of مَدَى (madā)

References

• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1196, confused the measure with مَدّ (madd) and an incorrect reference Hinz, Walther (1955, 1970) Islamische Maße und Gewichte: umgerechnet ins metrische System (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung: der nahe und der mittlere Osten; Ergänzungsband 1, Heft 1) (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 50 (the measure مُدْي (mudy) does not occur in this reference)
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 206
• Hinz, Walther (1955, 1970) Islamische Maße und Gewichte: umgerechnet ins metrische System (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung: der nahe und der mittlere Osten; Ergänzungsband 1, Heft 1) (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 50
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “مدي”, 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^[1] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1079