أنيس

Arabic

Root
ء ن س (ʔ-n-s)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb أَنُسَ (ʔanusa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.niːs/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Adjective

أَنِيس • (ʔanīs) (feminine أَنِيسَة (ʔanīsa))

1. close, intimate; close friend; friendly, kind, affable, civil, polite, courteous

Declension

Declension of adjective أَنِيس (ʔanīs)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَنِيس ʔanīs	الْأَنِيس al-ʔanīs	أَنِيسَة ʔanīsa	الْأَنِيسَة al-ʔanīsa
Nominative	أَنِيسٌ ʔanīsun	الْأَنِيسُ al-ʔanīsu	أَنِيسَةٌ ʔanīsatun	الْأَنِيسَةُ al-ʔanīsatu
Accusative	أَنِيسًا ʔanīsan	الْأَنِيسَ al-ʔanīsa	أَنِيسَةً ʔanīsatan	الْأَنِيسَةَ al-ʔanīsata
Genitive	أَنِيسٍ ʔanīsin	الْأَنِيسِ al-ʔanīsi	أَنِيسَةٍ ʔanīsatin	الْأَنِيسَةِ al-ʔanīsati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَنِيسَيْن ʔanīsayn	الْأَنِيسَيْن al-ʔanīsayn	أَنِيسَتَيْن ʔanīsatayn	الْأَنِيسَتَيْن al-ʔanīsatayn
Nominative	أَنِيسَانِ ʔanīsāni	الْأَنِيسَانِ al-ʔanīsāni	أَنِيسَتَانِ ʔanīsatāni	الْأَنِيسَتَانِ al-ʔanīsatāni
Accusative	أَنِيسَيْنِ ʔanīsayni	الْأَنِيسَيْنِ al-ʔanīsayni	أَنِيسَتَيْنِ ʔanīsatayni	الْأَنِيسَتَيْنِ al-ʔanīsatayni
Genitive	أَنِيسَيْنِ ʔanīsayni	الْأَنِيسَيْنِ al-ʔanīsayni	أَنِيسَتَيْنِ ʔanīsatayni	الْأَنِيسَتَيْنِ al-ʔanīsatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	أَنِيسَات ʔanīsāt	الْأَنِيسَات al-ʔanīsāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	أَنِيسَاتٌ ʔanīsātun	الْأَنِيسَاتُ al-ʔanīsātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	أَنِيسَاتٍ ʔanīsātin	الْأَنِيسَاتِ al-ʔanīsāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	أَنِيسَاتٍ ʔanīsātin	الْأَنِيسَاتِ al-ʔanīsāti

Proper noun

أَنِيس • (ʔanīs) m

1. a male given name Anis

References

• Wehr, Hans (1960) “أنيس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz