أميركي

Arabic

Alternative forms

• أَمْرِيكِيّ (ʔamrīkiyy)

Etymology

أَمِيرِكَا (ʾamērikā, “America”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.meː.ri.kijj/

Adjective

أَمِيرِكِيّ • (ʔamērikiyy) (feminine أَمِيرِكِيَّة (ʔamērikiyya), masculine plural أَمِيرِكِيُّون (ʔamērikiyyūn), feminine plural أَمِيرِكِيَّات (ʔamērikiyyāt))

1. American

Declension

Declension of adjective أَمِيرِكِيّ (ʔamīrikiyy)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَمِيرِكِي ʔamīrikī	الْأَمِيرِكِي al-ʔamīrikī	أَمِيرِكِيَّة ʔamīrikiyya	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّة al-ʔamīrikiyya
nominative	أَمِيرِكِيٌّ ʔamīrikiyyun	الْأَمِيرِكِيُّ al-ʔamīrikiyyu	أَمِيرِكِيَّةٌ ʔamīrikiyyatun	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّةُ al-ʔamīrikiyyatu
accusative	أَمِيرِكِيًّا ʔamīrikiyyan	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّ al-ʔamīrikiyya	أَمِيرِكِيَّةً ʔamīrikiyyatan	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّةَ al-ʔamīrikiyyata
genitive	أَمِيرِكِيٍّ ʔamīrikiyyin	الْأَمِيرِكِيِّ al-ʔamīrikiyyi	أَمِيرِكِيَّةٍ ʔamīrikiyyatin	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّةِ al-ʔamīrikiyyati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَمِيرِكِيَّيْن ʔamīrikiyyayn	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّيْن al-ʔamīrikiyyayn	أَمِيرِكِيَّتَيْن ʔamīrikiyyatayn	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّتَيْن al-ʔamīrikiyyatayn
nominative	أَمِيرِكِيَّانِ ʔamīrikiyyāni	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّانِ al-ʔamīrikiyyāni	أَمِيرِكِيَّتَانِ ʔamīrikiyyatāni	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّتَانِ al-ʔamīrikiyyatāni
accusative	أَمِيرِكِيَّيْنِ ʔamīrikiyyayni	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّيْنِ al-ʔamīrikiyyayni	أَمِيرِكِيَّتَيْنِ ʔamīrikiyyatayni	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّتَيْنِ al-ʔamīrikiyyatayni
genitive	أَمِيرِكِيَّيْنِ ʔamīrikiyyayni	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّيْنِ al-ʔamīrikiyyayni	أَمِيرِكِيَّتَيْنِ ʔamīrikiyyatayni	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّتَيْنِ al-ʔamīrikiyyatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	أَمِيرِكِيِّين ʔamīrikiyyīn	الْأَمِيرِكِيِّين al-ʔamīrikiyyīn	أَمِيرِكِيَّات ʔamīrikiyyāt	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّات al-ʔamīrikiyyāt
nominative	أَمِيرِكِيُّونَ ʔamīrikiyyūna	الْأَمِيرِكِيُّونَ al-ʔamīrikiyyūna	أَمِيرِكِيَّاتٌ ʔamīrikiyyātun	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّاتُ al-ʔamīrikiyyātu
accusative	أَمِيرِكِيِّينَ ʔamīrikiyyīna	الْأَمِيرِكِيِّينَ al-ʔamīrikiyyīna	أَمِيرِكِيَّاتٍ ʔamīrikiyyātin	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّاتِ al-ʔamīrikiyyāti
genitive	أَمِيرِكِيِّينَ ʔamīrikiyyīna	الْأَمِيرِكِيِّينَ al-ʔamīrikiyyīna	أَمِيرِكِيَّاتٍ ʔamīrikiyyātin	الْأَمِيرِكِيَّاتِ al-ʔamīrikiyyāti

Further reading

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