مدح

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Arabic[edit]

Root
م د ح (m-d-ḥ)

Verb[edit]

مَدَحَ (madaḥa) I, non-past يَمْدَحُ‎ (yamdaḥu)

  1. to praise, to commend, to laud; to extoll, to eulogize; to compliment, to cry up
    Synonyms: حَمِدَ (ḥamida), أَشَادَ (ʔašāda), أَثْنَى (ʔaṯnā)
    Antonym: ذَمَّ (ḏamma, to dispraise, to disesteem, to denigrate; to decry; to degrade, to cry down)

Conjugation[edit]

Verb[edit]

مَدَّحَ (maddaḥa) II, non-past يُمَدِّحُ‎ (yumaddiḥu)

  1. to praise highly or much, to belaud, to extoll
    Synonym: حَمَّدَ (ḥammada)
    Antonym: ذَمَّمَ (ḏammama)

Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

مَدْح (madḥm

  1. verbal noun of مَدَحَ (madaḥa) (form I)
  2. praise

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Azerbaijani: mədh
  • Ottoman Turkish: مدح (medh)
  • Persian: مدح
  • Urdu: مدح

Pashto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic مَدْح (madḥ).

Noun[edit]

مدح (madhm

  1. praise, lauding, extolling

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
م د ح
1 term

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic مَدَحَ (madaḥa).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ma.daħ/, [ˈma.daħ]
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Verb[edit]

مدح (madaḥ) I (present بمدح (bimdaḥ))

  1. to praise

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of مدح (madaḥ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m مدحت (madaḥt) مدحت (madaḥt) مدح (madaḥ) مدحنا (madaḥna) مدحتو (madaḥtu) مدحو (madaḥu)
f مدحتي (madaḥti) مدحت (madḥat)
present m بمدح (bamdaḥ) بتمدح (btimdaḥ) بمدح (bimdaḥ) منمدح (mnimdaḥ) بتمدحو (btimdaḥu) بمدحو (bimdaḥu)
f بتمدحي (btimdaḥi) بتمدح (btimdaḥ)
subjunctive m أمدح (ʔamdaḥ) تمدح (timdaḥ) يمدح (yimdaḥ) نمدح (nimdaḥ) تمدحو (timdaḥu) يمدحو (yimdaḥu)
f تمدحي (timdaḥi) تمدح (timdaḥ)
imperative m امدح (imdaḥ) امدحو (imdaḥu)
f امدحي (imdaḥi)