مداوم

Arabic

Root
د و م (d-w-m)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of دَاوَمَ (dāwama, “to continue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.daː.wim/

Adjective

مُدَاوِم • (mudāwim) (feminine مُدَاوِمَة (mudāwima), masculine plural مُدَاوِمُونَ (mudāwimūna), feminine plural مُدَاوِمَات (mudāwimāt))

1. active participle of دَاوَمَ (dāwama)
2. incessant

Declension

Declension of adjective مُدَاوِم (mudāwim)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُدَاوِم mudāwim	الْمُدَاوِم al-mudāwim	مُدَاوِمَة mudāwima	الْمُدَاوِمَة al-mudāwima
Nominative	مُدَاوِمٌ mudāwimun	الْمُدَاوِمُ al-mudāwimu	مُدَاوِمَةٌ mudāwimatun	الْمُدَاوِمَةُ al-mudāwimatu
Accusative	مُدَاوِمًا mudāwiman	الْمُدَاوِمَ al-mudāwima	مُدَاوِمَةً mudāwimatan	الْمُدَاوِمَةَ al-mudāwimata
Genitive	مُدَاوِمٍ mudāwimin	الْمُدَاوِمِ al-mudāwimi	مُدَاوِمَةٍ mudāwimatin	الْمُدَاوِمَةِ al-mudāwimati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُدَاوِمَيْن mudāwimayn	الْمُدَاوِمَيْن al-mudāwimayn	مُدَاوِمَتَيْن mudāwimatayn	الْمُدَاوِمَتَيْن al-mudāwimatayn
Nominative	مُدَاوِمَانِ mudāwimāni	الْمُدَاوِمَانِ al-mudāwimāni	مُدَاوِمَتَانِ mudāwimatāni	الْمُدَاوِمَتَانِ al-mudāwimatāni
Accusative	مُدَاوِمَيْنِ mudāwimayni	الْمُدَاوِمَيْنِ al-mudāwimayni	مُدَاوِمَتَيْنِ mudāwimatayni	الْمُدَاوِمَتَيْنِ al-mudāwimatayni
Genitive	مُدَاوِمَيْنِ mudāwimayni	الْمُدَاوِمَيْنِ al-mudāwimayni	مُدَاوِمَتَيْنِ mudāwimatayni	الْمُدَاوِمَتَيْنِ al-mudāwimatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُدَاوِمِين mudāwimīn	الْمُدَاوِمِين al-mudāwimīn	مُدَاوِمَات mudāwimāt	الْمُدَاوِمَات al-mudāwimāt
Nominative	مُدَاوِمُونَ mudāwimūna	الْمُدَاوِمُونَ al-mudāwimūna	مُدَاوِمَاتٌ mudāwimātun	الْمُدَاوِمَاتُ al-mudāwimātu
Accusative	مُدَاوِمِينَ mudāwimīna	الْمُدَاوِمِينَ al-mudāwimīna	مُدَاوِمَاتٍ mudāwimātin	الْمُدَاوِمَاتِ al-mudāwimāti
Genitive	مُدَاوِمِينَ mudāwimīna	الْمُدَاوِمِينَ al-mudāwimīna	مُدَاوِمَاتٍ mudāwimātin	الْمُدَاوِمَاتِ al-mudāwimāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: müdavim
• → Persian: مداوم
  • → Urdu: مداوم (mdāom)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مداوم (müdāvim)
  • → Turkish: müdavim

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُداوِم (mudāwim).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.ðɑː.ˈwim]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.d̪ɑː.wɪ́m]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.d̪ɑː.wɪ́m]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.d̪ɑː.wɪ́m]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.d̪ɔː.wím]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.d̪ɒː.vém]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.d̪ɔ.vím]

Readings
Classical reading?	muḏāwim
Dari reading?	mudāwim
Iranian reading?	modâvem
Tajik reading?	mudovim

Adjective

مداوم • (modâvem)

1. continuous

   بطور مداوم ― be towr-e modâvem ― continuously

   تنش‌های مداوم در مرزها

   taneš-hâ-ye modâvem dar marz-hâ

   continuous tensions on the borders

2. (of a person) persevering, assiduous