استنى

See also: استني

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ء ن ي
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic *اِسْتَأَنَّى (*istaʔannā), an alternative pan-dialectal form of تَأَنَّى (taʔannā).

Verb

استنى • (istanna) X (non-past يستنى (yistanna))

1. to wait (for)

Conjugation

Conjugation of استنى

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	استنّيت (istannēt)	استنّيت (istannēt)	استنّى (istanna)		استنّينا (istannēna)	استنّيتوا (istannētu)	استنّوا (istannu)
	f		استنّيتي (istannēti)	استنّت (istannit)
present subjunctive	m	أستنّى (astanna)	تستنّى (tistanna)	يستنّى (yistanna)		نستنّى (nistanna)	تستنّوا (tistannu)	يستنّوا (yistannu)
	f		تستنّي (tistanni)	تستنّى (tistanna)
present indicative	m	بستنّى (bastanna)	بتستنّى (bitistanna)	بيستنّى (biyistanna)		بنستنّى (binistanna)	بتستنّوا (bitistannu)	بيستنّوا (biyistannu)
	f		بتستنّي (bitistanni)	بتستنّى (bitistanna)
future1	m	هستنّى (hastanna)	هتستنّى (hatistanna)	هيستنّى (hayistanna)		هنستنّى (hanistanna)	هتستنّوا (hatistannu)	هيستنّوا (hayistannu)
	f		هتستنّي (hatistanni)	هتستنّى (hatistanna)
imperative	m		استنّى (istanna)				استنّوا (istannu)
	f		استنّي (istanni)

¹ The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

References

• Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986), “ء ن ى 1”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[1], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 42

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ء ن ي
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic *اِسْتَأَنَّى (*istaʔannā), an alternative pan-dialectal form of تَأَنَّى (taʔannā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.tan.na/

Verb

استنى • (astanna) X (non-past يِسْتَنَّى (yistanna))

1. to wait (for)

   Synonym: اَنْتَظَر (antaẓar)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ء ن ي
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic *اِسْتَأَنَّى (*istaʔannā), an alternative pan-dialectal form of تَأَنَّى (taʔannā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stan.na/

• Audio:

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Verb

استنى • (stanna) X (non-past يستنى (yistanna))

1. (transitive, intransitive) to wait

   Synonyms: اتسنى (tsanna), ساين (sāyin), سانى (sāna), عاين (ʕāyin)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic *اِسْتَأَنَّى (*istaʔannā), an alternative pan-dialectal form of تَأَنَّى (taʔannā) related to the pattern of استْلَقَّى (istlaʔʔa, “to catch, receive”), اسْتْنَاوَل (istnāwal, “to receive, take over”), and a dwindling set of other words. Most words of this set have been or are being regularized to form V, such as تْلَقَّى (itlaʔʔa) and تْنَاوَل (itnāwal), but اِسْتَنَّى (istanna) has resisted this fate because the loss of the original hamza has made the verb's relationship to form V too opaque to recover.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.tan.na/, [ɪsˈtan.na]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Verb

استنّى • (istanna) X (present بستنّى (bistanna))

1. to wait

   خلّينا نستنّى نشوف شو بتحكي المسّ

   ḵallīna nistanna nšūf šū btiḥki l-miss

   Let's wait to see what the teacher says.

Conjugation

Conjugation of استنى

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	استنّيت (istannēt)	استنّيت (istannēt)	استنّى (istanna)		استنّينا (istannēna)	استنّيتو (istannētu)	استنّو (istannu)
	f		استنّيتي (istannēti)	استنّت (istannat)
present	m	بستنّى (bastanna)	بتستنّى (btistanna)	بستنّى (bistanna)		منستنّى (mnistanna)	بتستنّو (btistannu)	بستنّو (bistannu)
	f		بتستنّي (btistanni)	بتستنّى (btistanna)
subjunctive	m	أستنّى (ʾastanna)	تستنّى (tistanna)	يستنّى (yistanna)		نستنّى (nistanna)	تستنّو (tistannu)	يستنّو (yistanna)
	f		تستنّي (tistanni)	تستنّى (tistanna)
imperative	m		استنّى (istanna)				استنّو (istannu)
	f		استنّي (istanni)