أدنأ

See also: أذنا

Arabic

Etymology

Root
د ن ء (d-n-ʔ)

Elative of دَنِيء (danīʔ, “low, mean, vile; worthless; cowardly”).

Adjective

أَدْنَأ • (ʔadnaʔ)

1. elative degree of دَنِيء (danīʔ):
   1. lower, meaner, viler; lowest, meanest, vilest
   2. more worthless; most worthless
   3. more cowardly; most cowardly

Declension

Declension of adjective أَدْنَأ (ʔadnaʔ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَدْنَأ ʔadnaʔ	الْأَدْنَأ al-ʔadnaʔ	دُنْأى dunʔā	الدُّنْأى ad-dunʔā
Nominative	أَدْنَأُ ʔadnaʔu	الْأَدْنَأُ al-ʔadnaʔu	دُنْأى dunʔā	الدُّنْأى ad-dunʔā
Accusative	أَدْنَأَ ʔadnaʔa	الْأَدْنَأَ al-ʔadnaʔa	دُنْأى dunʔā	الدُّنْأى ad-dunʔā
Genitive	أَدْنَأَ ʔadnaʔa	الْأَدْنَأِ al-ʔadnaʔi	دُنْأى dunʔā	الدُّنْأى ad-dunʔā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَدْنَأَيْن ʔadnaʔayn	الْأَدْنَأَيْن al-ʔadnaʔayn	دُنْأَيَيْن dunʔayayn	الدُّنْأَيَيْن ad-dunʔayayn
Nominative	أَدْنَآنِ ʔadnaʔāni	الْأَدْنَآنِ al-ʔadnaʔāni	دُنْأَيَانِ dunʔayāni	الدُّنْأَيَانِ ad-dunʔayāni
Accusative	أَدْنَأَيْنِ ʔadnaʔayni	الْأَدْنَأَيْنِ al-ʔadnaʔayni	دُنْأَيَيْنِ dunʔayayni	الدُّنْأَيَيْنِ ad-dunʔayayni
Genitive	أَدْنَأَيْنِ ʔadnaʔayni	الْأَدْنَأَيْنِ al-ʔadnaʔayni	دُنْأَيَيْنِ dunʔayayni	الدُّنْأَيَيْنِ ad-dunʔayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَدَانِئ ʔadāniʔ	الْأَدَانِئ al-ʔadāniʔ	دُنْأَيَات dunʔayāt	الدُّنْأَيَات ad-dunʔayāt
Nominative	أَدَانِئُ ʔadāniʔu	الْأَدَانِئُ al-ʔadāniʔu	دُنْأَيَاتٌ dunʔayātun	الدُّنْأَيَاتُ ad-dunʔayātu
Accusative	أَدَانِئَ ʔadāniʔa	الْأَدَانِئَ al-ʔadāniʔa	دُنْأَيَاتٍ dunʔayātin	الدُّنْأَيَاتِ ad-dunʔayāti
Genitive	أَدَانِئَ ʔadāniʔa	الْأَدَانِئِ al-ʔadāniʔi	دُنْأَيَاتٍ dunʔayātin	الدُّنْأَيَاتِ ad-dunʔayāti

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “دنأ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate