ماض

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maː.dˤin/
  • Rhymes: -aːdˤ

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

Noun

مَاضٍ • (māḍin) m (plural مَوَاضٍ‎ (mawāḍin))

  1. (time) past
  2. (grammar) past tense

Declension

Descendants

  • → Persian: ماضی‎ (mâzi)
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