أليس

See also: اليس

Arabic

Etymology 1

Color or defect adjective from the root ل ي س (l-y-s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔal.jas/

Adjective

أَلْيَس • (ʔalyas) (feminine لَيْسَاء (laysāʔ), masculine plural لِيس (līs))

1. brave

Declension

Declension of adjective أَلْيَس (ʔalyas)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَلْيَس ʔalyas	الْأَلْيَس al-ʔalyas	لَيْسَاء laysāʔ	اللَّيْسَاء al-laysāʔ
Nominative	أَلْيَسُ ʔalyasu	الْأَلْيَسُ al-ʔalyasu	لَيْسَاءُ laysāʔu	اللَّيْسَاءُ al-laysāʔu
Accusative	أَلْيَسَ ʔalyasa	الْأَلْيَسَ al-ʔalyasa	لَيْسَاءَ laysāʔa	اللَّيْسَاءَ al-laysāʔa
Genitive	أَلْيَسَ ʔalyasa	الْأَلْيَسِ al-ʔalyasi	لَيْسَاءَ laysāʔa	اللَّيْسَاءِ al-laysāʔi
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَلْيَسَيْن ʔalyasayn	الْأَلْيَسَيْن al-ʔalyasayn	لَيْسَاءَيْن laysāʔayn	اللَّيْسَاءَيْن al-laysāʔayn
Nominative	أَلْيَسَانِ ʔalyasāni	الْأَلْيَسَانِ al-ʔalyasāni	لَيْسَاءَانِ laysāʔāni	اللَّيْسَاءَانِ al-laysāʔāni
Accusative	أَلْيَسَيْنِ ʔalyasayni	الْأَلْيَسَيْنِ al-ʔalyasayni	لَيْسَاءَيْنِ laysāʔayni	اللَّيْسَاءَيْنِ al-laysāʔayni
Genitive	أَلْيَسَيْنِ ʔalyasayni	الْأَلْيَسَيْنِ al-ʔalyasayni	لَيْسَاءَيْنِ laysāʔayni	اللَّيْسَاءَيْنِ al-laysāʔayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	لِيس līs	اللِّيس al-līs	لِيس līs	اللِّيس al-līs
Nominative	لِيسٌ līsun	اللِّيسُ al-līsu	لِيسٌ līsun	اللِّيسُ al-līsu
Accusative	لِيسًا līsan	اللِّيسَ al-līsa	لِيسًا līsan	اللِّيسَ al-līsa
Genitive	لِيسٍ līsin	اللِّيسِ al-līsi	لِيسٍ līsin	اللِّيسِ al-līsi

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “أليس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Interrogative particle أَ (ʔa) + Negation لَيْسَ (laysa).

Particle

أَلَيْسَ • (ʾa-laysa)

1. am/is/are ... not, aren't/isn't (negative interrogative particle)

Etymology 3

Verb

أَلْيَسُ • (ʔalyasu) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of لَيِسَ (layisa)

Verb

أَلْيَسَ • (ʔalyasa) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of لَيِسَ (layisa)

Verb

أَلْيَسْ • (ʔalyas) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of لَيِسَ (layisa)