مذ

Arabic

Preposition

مُذْ • (muḏ) [with genitive or nominative]

1. Alternative form of مُنْذُ (munḏu)
   • Di'bil Al-Khuza'i

     أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنِّي مُذْ ثَلَاثُونَ حِجَّةً / أَرُوحُ وَأَغْدُو دَائِمَ ٱلْحَسَرَاتِ

     ʔalam tara ʔannī muḏ ṯalāṯūna ḥijjatan / ʔarūḥu waʔaḡdū dāʔima l-ḥasarāti

     Can you not see
     That I, for thirty years,
     Would rise and sleep
     With sorrows deep.

Conjunction

مُذْ • (muḏ)

1. Alternative form of مُنْذُ (munḏu)
   • Al-A'sha

     وَمَا زِلْتُ أَبْغِي ٱلْمَالَ مُذْ أَنَا يَافِعٌ
     وَلِيدًا وَكَهْلًا حِينَ شِبْتُ وَأَمْرَدَا

     wamā ziltu ʔabḡī l-māla muḏ ʔanā yāfiʕun
     walīdan wakahlan ḥīna šibtu waʔamradā

     I've long'd for wealth
     Since I was young:
     Newborn and adult,
     Beardless and aged.

   • Al-Mutanabbi

     أَرَى ٱلْعِرَاقَ طَوِيلَ اللَّيْلِ مُذْ نُعِيَتْ
     فَكَيْفَ لَيْلُ فَتَى الفِتْيَانِ فِي حَلَبِ

     ʔarā l-ʕirāqa ṭawīla l-layli muḏ nuʕiyat
     fakayfa laylu fatā l-fityāni fī ḥalabi

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Usage notes

• The word acquires a vowel and becomes مُذُ (muḏu) or مُذِ (muḏi) whenever a syllabic consonant comes after it, as when a definite noun follows it.