madā
period, duration
مَدَى
From the same root
- مَدَىextent, range
- أَمْدَىَgrant a delay or extension
- مُدْيَةknife
- تَمادَىَgo far, continue, persevere
- تَمادِيlong run, eventually
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries-
تَمَادَى فِى غَيِّهِ Form VI He persevered in his error
He persevered in his error. (Msb.) -
مَدًى utmost extent, term, limit, or reach
The utmost extent, term, limit, or reach, of a thing; syn. غَايَةٌ: (S, Msb, K:) an extent, a distance; a space, an interval; syn. مَسَافَةٌ. [meaning a space that is, or that is to be, traversed] and hence used in the sense before explained because extending to a غاية: (Z, in the Fáïk, quoted in the TA:) a goal. (The Lexicons passim.) -
مُدْيَةٌ A butcher's knife
A butcher's knife. (Mgh.) See سِكِّينٌ.
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