عدة

See also: غدة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ع د د (ʕ-d-d)

Noun

عُدَّة • (ʕudda) f (plural عُدَد (ʕudad))

1. appliance, fixture, technical provision
   • 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri]‎^[1], volume IV, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1858, page 351, lines 4–7:

     وممّا شاع من أفعال مولانا أيده الله في الجهاد إنشاؤه الأجفان بجميع السواحل واستكثاره من عُدَد البحر وهذا في زمان الصلح والمُهادنة إعْدادًا لأيّام القِرة وأخذًا بالحزم في قطع أَطْماع الكفّار.

     One of the most notable deeds of our master (God assist him!) of struggle is his engineering of enceintes on all shores, and his manifold provisions in naval matters, in time of peace and armistice to prepare for days of war, to shortcircuit the cravings of the infidels resolutely.

2. raw material, ground-stuff, commodity
   • a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XII^e siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique‎^[2], number 2, published 1934, page 225 (٣٣) 15:

Declension

Declension of noun عُدَّة (ʕudda)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُدَّة ʕudda	الْعُدَّة al-ʕudda	عُدَّة ʕuddat
Nominative	عُدَّةٌ ʕuddatun	الْعُدَّةُ al-ʕuddatu	عُدَّةُ ʕuddatu
Accusative	عُدَّةً ʕuddatan	الْعُدَّةَ al-ʕuddata	عُدَّةَ ʕuddata
Genitive	عُدَّةٍ ʕuddatin	الْعُدَّةِ al-ʕuddati	عُدَّةِ ʕuddati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُدَّتَيْن ʕuddatayn	الْعُدَّتَيْن al-ʕuddatayn	عُدَّتَيْ ʕuddatay
Nominative	عُدَّتَانِ ʕuddatāni	الْعُدَّتَانِ al-ʕuddatāni	عُدَّتَا ʕuddatā
Accusative	عُدَّتَيْنِ ʕuddatayni	الْعُدَّتَيْنِ al-ʕuddatayni	عُدَّتَيْ ʕuddatay
Genitive	عُدَّتَيْنِ ʕuddatayni	الْعُدَّتَيْنِ al-ʕuddatayni	عُدَّتَيْ ʕuddatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُدَد ʕudad	الْعُدَد al-ʕudad	عُدَد ʕudad
Nominative	عُدَدٌ ʕudadun	الْعُدَدُ al-ʕudadu	عُدَدُ ʕudadu
Accusative	عُدَدًا ʕudadan	الْعُدَدَ al-ʕudada	عُدَدَ ʕudada
Genitive	عُدَدٍ ʕudadin	الْعُدَدِ al-ʕudadi	عُدَدِ ʕudadi

Descendants

• Maltese: għodda

Noun

Audio

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عِدَّة • (ʕidda) f

1. number
   • (Can we date this quote?), Sibawayh, Al-Kitab:

     هذا باب تثنية ما كان منقوصاً وكان عدة حروفه أربعة أحرف فزائدًا

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. a waiting period upon a woman after her marriage has ended

Declension

Declension of noun عِدَّة (ʕidda)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عِدَّة ʕidda	الْعِدَّة al-ʕidda	عِدَّة ʕiddat
Nominative	عِدَّةٌ ʕiddatun	الْعِدَّةُ al-ʕiddatu	عِدَّةُ ʕiddatu
Accusative	عِدَّةً ʕiddatan	الْعِدَّةَ al-ʕiddata	عِدَّةَ ʕiddata
Genitive	عِدَّةٍ ʕiddatin	الْعِدَّةِ al-ʕiddati	عِدَّةِ ʕiddati

Descendants

• → English: iddah
• → Russian: и́дда (ídda)
• → Ottoman Turkish: عدت (iddet)
  • Turkish: iddet

Etymology 2

Noun

عِدَة • (ʕida) f

1. verbal noun of وَعَدَ (waʕada) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun عِدَة (ʕida)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عِدَة ʕida	الْعِدَة al-ʕida	عِدَة ʕidat
Nominative	عِدَةٌ ʕidatun	الْعِدَةُ al-ʕidatu	عِدَةُ ʕidatu
Accusative	عِدَةً ʕidatan	الْعِدَةَ al-ʕidata	عِدَةَ ʕidata
Genitive	عِدَةٍ ʕidatin	الْعِدَةِ al-ʕidati	عِدَةِ ʕidati

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع د د
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عُدَّة (ʕudda) and عِدَّة (ʕidda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕid.de/, [ˈʕɪd.de]
• IPA^(key): /ʕid.da/, [ˈʕɪd.da]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

عدّة • (ʕidde) f

1. tools, instruments

   بستعمل العدّة هادي في الشغل.

   bastaʕmel il-ʕidde hādi fi š-šuḡl

   I use these tools for work.

2. several, a number of

   فيه عدّة أسباب.

   fī ʕiddet ʔasbāb

   There are a number of reasons.

3. a waiting period upon a woman after her marriage has ended