Travel & cityRoot 14 of 17 in this field
م-د-ن
the city
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Words from this root
4 words in 4 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.
فَعِيلَة مَدِينَةٌ
city, town
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- Plural
- مُدُنٌ
الْمَدِينَةُ الْمُنَوَّرَةُ Medina
فَعْلِيّ مَدَنِيٌّ
civil; civilian; urban
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- Feminine
- مَدَنِيَّةٌ
الْأَحْوَالُ الْمَدَنِيَّةُ the civil registry
فَعَّلَ مَدَّنَ
to urbanize, civilize
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- Present
- يُمَدِّنُ
تَفَعَّلَ تَمَدَّنَ
to become urbanized, civilized
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- يَتَمَدَّنُ
How the patterns shape this root
مَدِينَة is a city, plural مُدُن (the pattern فُعُل); الْمَدِينَةُ الْمُنَوَّرَةُ, 'the illuminated city', is Medina. The nisba مَدَنِيّ is civil or civilian — الْأَحْوَالُ الْمَدَنِيَّةُ is the civil registry that issues your residence papers — and also urban. Form II مَدَّنَ is to turn a place into a city, form V تَمَدَّنَ to become city-like, civilized.
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