mada

See also: madą, mąda, mądą, mǎdá, and ma⁵⁵da³²²

Czech

Mada

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmada]

Noun

mada m anim

1. racket-tail
2. any parrot of genus Tanygnathus

Declension

Declension of mada (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	mada	madové
genitive	mady	madů
dative	madovi	madům
accusative	madu	mady
vocative	mado	madové
locative	madovi	madech
instrumental	madou	mady

Finnish

Verb

mada

1. inflection of mataa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Galician

Madas de grelos

Alternative forms

• manda, meada

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mãada, from Latin manuata (“a handful”). Cognate with Spanish manada and Italian manata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaða̝/

Noun

mada f (plural madas)

1. handful, fistful

   Synonyms: manchea, presa

2. bundle; sheaf

   Synonyms: feixe, maínzo, mollo

3. pack; herd

   Synonyms: fato, grei, rabaño

4. school, shoal

   Synonym: cardume

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mãada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “manda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “manda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmada]
• Hyphenation: ma‧da

Adjective

mada

1. nonstandard spelling of madar (“mad, heartless”).

Irish

Noun

mada m (genitive singular mada, nominative plural madaí)

1. Alternative form of madadh (“dog”)

Declension

Declension of mada (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mada madaí vocative a mhada a mhadaí genitive mada madaí dative mada madaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mada na madaí genitive an mhada na madaí dative leis an mada don mhada leis na madaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of mada

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mada	mhada	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mada”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

mada

1. Rōmaji transcription of まだ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मद (mada, “intoxication”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mada/

Noun

mada

1. intoxication, infatuation, rage
2. intoxicating drink

Adjective

mada

1. intoxicated, infatuated, enraged, conceited.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• मद (Devanagari script)
• মদ (Bengali script)
• මද (Sinhalese script)
• မဒ or မၻ (Burmese script)
• มท or มะทะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ມທ or ມະທະ (Lao script)
• មទ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄘 (Chakma script)

Noun

mada m

1. intoxication
2. infatuation; obsession
3. conceit; self-importance

Declension

Declension table of "mada" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	mado	madā
Accusative (second)	madaṃ	made
Instrumental (third)	madena	madehi or madebhi
Dative (fourth)	madassa or madāya or madatthaṃ	madānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	madasmā or madamhā or madā	madehi or madebhi
Genitive (sixth)	madassa	madānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	madasmiṃ or madamhi or made	madesu
Vocative (calling)	mada	madā

Polish

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from German Mud, from Middle Low German mudde. Per Trubachyov inherited from Proto-Slavic *mada, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.da/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.da/

• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ma‧da

Noun

mada f (related adjective madowy)

1. (geology) alluvial soil
2. (colloquial, rail transport) mixture of wet leaves or other materials and substances of natural origin deposited on railway or tram rails, which makes the track surface very slippery

Declension

Declension of mada

	singular	plural
nominative	mada	mady
genitive	mady	mad
dative	madzie	madom
accusative	madę	mady
instrumental	madą	madami
locative	madzie	madach
vocative	mado	mady

Further reading

• mada in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mada in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*mada”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 118
• Stanisław Ciszewski (1909) “mada”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 207

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

mada m

1. Alternative form of madadh

Mutation

Mutation of mada

radical	lenition
mada	mhada

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “mada”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Conjunction

mada (Cyrillic spelling мада)

1. although
2. albeit

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji mada, Hadiyya mada and Oromo madaa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmada/
• Hyphenation: ma‧da

Noun

mada f 

1. wound, sore

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 81
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “mada”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Noun

mada (n class, plural mada)

1. topic, theme, subject

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English murder.

Verb

-mada (infinitive kumada)

1. (Sheng) to murder or finish

Conjugation

Conjugation of -mada
Positive present -namada Subjunctive -made Negative -madi Imperative singular mada
Infinitives
Positive kumada Negative kutomada
Imperatives
Singular mada Plural madeni
Tensed forms
Habitual humada Positive past positive subject concord + -limada Negative past negative subject concord + -kumada
Positive present (positive subject concord + -namada) Singular Plural 1st person ninamada/namada tunamada 2nd person unamada mnamada 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anamada wanamada other classes positive subject concord + -namada
Negative present (negative subject concord + -madi) Singular Plural 1st person simadi hatumadi 2nd person humadi hammadi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hamadi hawamadi other classes negative subject concord + -madi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tamada Negative future negative subject concord + -tamada
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -made) Singular Plural 1st person nimade tumade 2nd person umade mmade 3rd person m-wa(I/II) amade wamade other classes positive subject concord + -made
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -simade Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngemada Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singemada Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalimada Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalimada
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -amada) Singular Plural 1st person namada twamada 2nd person wamada mwamada 3rd person m-wa(I/II) amada wamada m-mi(III/IV) wamada yamada ji-ma(V/VI) lamada yamada ki-vi(VII/VIII) chamada vyamada n(IX/X) yamada zamada u(XI) wamada see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwamada pa(XVI) pamada mu(XVIII) mwamada
Perfect positive subject concord + -memada "Already" positive subject concord + -meshamada "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jamada "If/When" positive subject concord + -kimada "If not" positive subject concord + -sipomada Consecutive kamada / positive subject concord + -kamada Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kamade
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nimada -tumada 2nd person -kumada -wamada/-kumadeni/-wamadeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mmada -wamada m-mi(III/IV) -umada -imada ji-ma(V/VI) -limada -yamada ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kimada -vimada n(IX/X) -imada -zimada u(XI) -umada see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kumada pa(XVI) -pamada mu(XVIII) -mumada Reflexive -jimada
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -mada- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -madaye -madao m-mi(III/IV) -madao -madayo ji-ma(V/VI) -madalo -madayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -madacho -madavyo n(IX/X) -madayo -madazo u(XI) -madao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -madako pa(XVI) -madapo mu(XVIII) -madamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -mada) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yemada -omada m-mi(III/IV) -omada -yomada ji-ma(V/VI) -lomada -yomada ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chomada -vyomada n(IX/X) -yomada -zomada u(XI) -omada see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -komada pa(XVI) -pomada mu(XVIII) -momada
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

West Makian

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate mada, Tidore moda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.d̪a/

Noun

mada

1. (informal) the mouth

   Synonym: pasul (polite)

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	mada
Brazilian standard	mada
New Tribes	mada

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maɾ̠a]

Noun

mada (possessed madadü)

1. foliage, plant(s), herbs in general
2. herb(s) used for magical purposes, especially the kind of wild elephant ear plant called woi

Derived terms

• kawadi madadü

 

References

• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “mada”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[3], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 289
• Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 35, 57–58, 62, 63, 79, 108, 128, 227, 240, 244: “maada”
• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎^[4], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 220: “maada”
• Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris‎^[5], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, pages 30, 32, 99–101, 112–113, 121, 128, 157, 172, 174, 176–178, 180, 190, 193–194, 200, etc.: “mada”