معدود

Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /maʕ.duːd/

Adjective

مَعْدُود • (maʕdūd) (feminine مَعْدُودَة (maʕdūda), masculine plural مَعْدُودُونَ (maʕdūdūna), feminine plural مَعْدُودَات (maʕdūdāt))

  1. passive participle of عَدَّ (ʕadda)
  2. limited in number, a few
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:80:
      وَقَالُوا لَن تَمَسَّنَا ٱلنَّارُ إِلَّا أَيَّامًا مَعْدُودَةً
      wa-qālū lan tamassanā n-nāru ʔillā ʔayyāman maʕdūdatan
      And they claim, “The Fire will not touch us except for a number of days.”

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