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tamādī

long run, eventually

تَمادِي

Word

Noun · pattern تَفاعِل

Root

م د ي

In the library

ولا يمنعك قضاء قضيته أمس، فراجعت اليوم فيه عقلك، وهديت فيه لرشدك، أن ترجع إلى الحق، فإن الحق قديم، ومراجعة الحق خير من التمادي في الباطل.

The Muqaddimah, page 139 →

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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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