مدس

Arabic

Etymology 1

Tool noun from the root د س س (d-s-s).

Noun

مِدَسّ • (midass) m (plural مِدَسَّات (midassāt)) (obsolete)

1. 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

Declension of noun مِدَسّ (midass)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	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

مَدَسّ • (madass) m (plural مَدَاسّ (madāss)) (obsolete)

1. a kind of dart or javelin

Declension

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably an African borrowing.”)

Alternative forms

• أُمْدُس (ʔumdus)

Noun

مُدُس • (mudus) m (Sudan)

1. 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

Declension

Declension of noun مُدُس (mudus)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُدُس mudus	الْمُدُس al-mudus	مُدُس mudus
Nominative	مُدُسٌ mudusun	الْمُدُسُ al-mudusu	مُدُسُ mudusu
Accusative	مُدُسًا mudusan	الْمُدُسَ al-mudusa	مُدُسَ mudusa
Genitive	مُدُسٍ mudusin	الْمُدُسِ al-mudusi	مُدُسِ mudusi