ماض

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of مَضَى (maḍā, “to pass”), from the root م ض ي (m-ḍ-y).

Adjective

مَاضٍ • (māḍin) (construct state مَاضِي (māḍī), feminine مَاضِيَة (māḍiya), masculine plural مَاضُونَ (māḍūna), feminine plural مَاضِيَات (māḍiyāt) or مَوَاضٍ (mawāḍin), feminine plural construct state مَوَاضِي (mawāḍī), elative أَمْضَى (ʔamḍā))

1. sharp
2. acute, incisive
3. energetic
4. past, prior, last

   أَيْنَ كُنْتَ السَّنَةَ الْمَاضِيَةَ؟

   ʾayna kunta s-sanata l-māḍiyah?

   Where were you last year?

5. in the past tense

   الْفِعْل الْمَاضِي

   al-fiʕl al-māḍī

   the past tense

Declension

Declension of adjective مَاضٍ (māḍin)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	singular triptote in ـٍ (-in)		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَاضِي māḍī	الْمَاضِي al-māḍī	مَاضِيَة māḍiya	الْمَاضِيَة al-māḍiya
Nominative	مَاضٍ māḍin	الْمَاضِي al-māḍī	مَاضِيَةٌ māḍiyatun	الْمَاضِيَةُ al-māḍiyatu
Accusative	مَاضِيًا māḍiyan	الْمَاضِيَ al-māḍiya	مَاضِيَةً māḍiyatan	الْمَاضِيَةَ al-māḍiyata
Genitive	مَاضٍ māḍin	الْمَاضِي al-māḍī	مَاضِيَةٍ māḍiyatin	الْمَاضِيَةِ al-māḍiyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَاضِيَيْن māḍiyayn	الْمَاضِيَيْن al-māḍiyayn	مَاضِيَتَيْن māḍiyatayn	الْمَاضِيَتَيْن al-māḍiyatayn
Nominative	مَاضِيَانِ māḍiyāni	الْمَاضِيَانِ al-māḍiyāni	مَاضِيَتَانِ māḍiyatāni	الْمَاضِيَتَانِ al-māḍiyatāni
Accusative	مَاضِيَيْنِ māḍiyayni	الْمَاضِيَيْنِ al-māḍiyayni	مَاضِيَتَيْنِ māḍiyatayni	الْمَاضِيَتَيْنِ al-māḍiyatayni
Genitive	مَاضِيَيْنِ māḍiyayni	الْمَاضِيَيْنِ al-māḍiyayni	مَاضِيَتَيْنِ māḍiyatayni	الْمَاضِيَتَيْنِ al-māḍiyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural‎; broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	msp ?	الْmsp ?	مَاضِيَات‎; مَوَاضِي māḍiyāt‎; mawāḍī	الْمَاضِيَات‎; الْمَوَاضِي al-māḍiyāt‎; al-mawāḍī
Nominative	mspٌ ?	الْmspُ ?	مَاضِيَاتٌ‎; مَوَاضٍ māḍiyātun‎; mawāḍin	الْمَاضِيَاتُ‎; الْمَوَاضِي al-māḍiyātu‎; al-mawāḍī
Accusative	mspًا ?	الْmspَ ?	مَاضِيَاتٍ‎; مَوَاضِيَ māḍiyātin‎; mawāḍiya	الْمَاضِيَاتِ‎; الْمَوَاضِيَ al-māḍiyāti‎; al-mawāḍiya
Genitive	mspٍ ?	الْmspِ ?	مَاضِيَاتٍ‎; مَوَاضٍ māḍiyātin‎; mawāḍin	الْمَاضِيَاتِ‎; الْمَوَاضِي al-māḍiyāti‎; al-mawāḍī

Noun

مَاضٍ • (māḍin) m

1. (time) past