مدس
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Arabic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Tool noun from the root د س س (d-s-s).
Noun
[edit]مِدَسّ • (midass) m (plural مِدَسَّات (midassāt)) (obsolete)
- a kind of surgical probe, an exploring needle, employed as a trocar
- c. 1000, أبو القاسم [Abulcasis], edited by Johannes Channing, كتاب التصريف [De chirurgia], volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1778, page 232:
- منها صورة المدسات وفي ثلاثة أنواع منها كبار ومنها أوسط ومنها صغير صغار.
- There is a picture of the probes, there are three kinds, one large, one medium, one small.
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun مِدَسّ (midass)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مِدَسّ midass |
الْمِدَسّ al-midass |
مِدَسّ midass |
Nominative | مِدَسٌّ midassun |
الْمِدَسُّ al-midassu |
مِدَسُّ midassu |
Accusative | مِدَسًّا midassan |
الْمِدَسَّ al-midassa |
مِدَسَّ midassa |
Genitive | مِدَسٍّ midassin |
الْمِدَسِّ al-midassi |
مِدَسِّ midassi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | مِدَسَّيْن midassayn |
الْمِدَسَّيْن al-midassayn |
مِدَسَّيْ midassay |
Nominative | مِدَسَّانِ midassāni |
الْمِدَسَّانِ al-midassāni |
مِدَسَّا midassā |
Accusative | مِدَسَّيْنِ midassayni |
الْمِدَسَّيْنِ al-midassayni |
مِدَسَّيْ midassay |
Genitive | مِدَسَّيْنِ midassayni |
الْمِدَسَّيْنِ al-midassayni |
مِدَسَّيْ midassay |
Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مِدَسَّات midassāt |
الْمِدَسَّات al-midassāt |
مِدَسَّات midassāt |
Nominative | مِدَسَّاتٌ midassātun |
الْمِدَسَّاتُ al-midassātu |
مِدَسَّاتُ midassātu |
Accusative | مِدَسَّاتٍ midassātin |
الْمِدَسَّاتِ al-midassāti |
مِدَسَّاتِ midassāti |
Genitive | مِدَسَّاتٍ midassātin |
الْمِدَسَّاتِ al-midassāti |
مِدَسَّاتِ midassāti |
Noun
[edit]مَدَسّ • (madass) m (plural مَدَاسّ (madāss)) (obsolete)
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun مَدَسّ (madass)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مَدَسّ madass |
الْمَدَسّ al-madass |
مَدَسّ madass |
Nominative | مَدَسٌّ madassun |
الْمَدَسُّ al-madassu |
مَدَسُّ madassu |
Accusative | مَدَسًّا madassan |
الْمَدَسَّ al-madassa |
مَدَسَّ madassa |
Genitive | مَدَسٍّ madassin |
الْمَدَسِّ al-madassi |
مَدَسِّ madassi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | مَدَسَّيْن madassayn |
الْمَدَسَّيْن al-madassayn |
مَدَسَّيْ madassay |
Nominative | مَدَسَّانِ madassāni |
الْمَدَسَّانِ al-madassāni |
مَدَسَّا madassā |
Accusative | مَدَسَّيْنِ madassayni |
الْمَدَسَّيْنِ al-madassayni |
مَدَسَّيْ madassay |
Genitive | مَدَسَّيْنِ madassayni |
الْمَدَسَّيْنِ al-madassayni |
مَدَسَّيْ madassay |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مَدَاسّ madāss |
الْمَدَاسّ al-madāss |
مَدَاسّ madāss |
Nominative | مَدَاسُّ madāssu |
الْمَدَاسُّ al-madāssu |
مَدَاسُّ madāssu |
Accusative | مَدَاسَّ madāssa |
الْمَدَاسَّ al-madāssa |
مَدَاسَّ madāssa |
Genitive | مَدَاسَّ madāssa |
الْمَدَاسِّ al-madāssi |
مَدَاسِّ madāssi |
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably an African borrowing.”)
Alternative forms
[edit]- أُمْدُس (ʔumdus)
Noun
[edit]- African locust tree (Parkia filicoidea) the bark of which is esteemed as a tanning agent
- p. 1897, a. 1917, “Gifts worthy of kings: An episode in Dār Fūr-Taqalī relations”, in Lidwien Kapteijns and Jay Spaulding, editors, Sudanic Africa[1], volume 1, published 1990, pages 61–70:
- ١ سيف بلدي مفضه ببرشم فضه وتوم ومحاره وخروس فضه وكستبانه فضه مجلد مدس
١ حربة شلكاية كبيرة مسلكة بفضه
١ تركاس داخله سبعه حراب طبايق مسلكين بفضه
٢ كواكب مسلكين بفضه- 1 native silvered sword with hilt of silver, decorative silvern beads, nacre, silver rings, a silver pommel, and tanned leather.
1 large long jagged spear wired in silver
1 quiver wherein there are seven short throwing spears wired with silver
2 spears of wide and jagged blade wired with silver
- 1 native silvered sword with hilt of silver, decorative silvern beads, nacre, silver rings, a silver pommel, and tanned leather.
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun مُدُس (mudus)
Categories:
- Arabic tool nouns
- Arabic terms belonging to the root د س س
- Arabic lemmas
- Arabic nouns
- Arabic masculine nouns
- Arabic obsolete terms
- ar:Medical equipment
- Arabic terms with quotations
- Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular
- Arabic nouns with sound feminine plural
- ar:Spears
- Arabic nouns with broken plural
- Arabic nouns with basic diptote broken plural
- Sudanese Arabic
- ar:Caesalpinia subfamily plants