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Root m-d-n

Ugaritic ↔ Arabic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —𐎎-𐎄-𐎐↔ m-d-n. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎎-𐎄-𐎐
  • 𐎎𐎄𐎐𐎚mdntnoun
    town
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Arabic

ar
root: m-d-n
  • تَمَدُّنtamaddunnoun☪︎ Q.7:111
    verbal noun of تَمَدَّنَ (tamaddana) (form V)
  • مَدِينَةmadīnanoun☪︎ Q.7:111
    town, city
  • الْمَدِينَةal-madīnaname☪︎ Q.7:111
    Medina (a major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia; holy to Islam)
  • الْمَدِينَةal-madīnanoun☪︎ Q.7:111
    definite singular of مَدِينَة (madīna)
  • مُدُنmudunnoun☪︎ Q.7:111
    plural of مَدِينَة (madīna)
  • تَمَدَّنَtamaddanaverb☪︎ Q.7:111
    to become urbanized
  • مَدَنِيّmadaniyyadj☪︎ Q.7:111
    urban
  • مَدَنِيّmadaniyynoun☪︎ Q.7:111
    urbanite, city dweller
Canonical root family: m-d-n