اسمي
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From اِسْم (ism, “name”) + ـِي (-ī, “first-person singular possessive suffix”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]اِسْمِي or اِسْمِيَ • (ismī or ismiya) m
- first-person singular possessive of اِسْم (ism)
Phrase
[edit]اِسْمِي ... or اِسْمِيَ ... • (ismī ... or ismiya ...)
- my name is ...
- Synonym: أُدْعَى ... (ʔudʕā ...)
- اِسْمِي أَحْمَد. ― ismī ʔaḥmad. ― My name is Ahmad.
Usage notes
[edit]Arabic uses no copular verb in present-tense equative sentences but requires one in the past and the future, e.g.
- in the past:
- كَانَ ٱسْمِي أَحْمَد. ― kāna smī ʔaḥmad. ― My name was Ahmad.
- in the future:
- سَيَكُونُ ٱسْمِي أَحْمَد. ― sayakūnu smī ʔaḥmad. ― My name will be Ahmad.
Etymology 2
[edit]Relative adjective (nisba) composed of اِسْم (ism) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]اِسْمِيّ • (ismiyy) (feminine اِسْمِيَّة (ismiyya), masculine plural اِسْمِيُّونَ (ismiyyūna), feminine plural اِسْمِيَّات (ismiyyāt))
Declension
[edit]singular | masculine | feminine | ||
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basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
informal | اِسْمِي ismī |
الِاسْمِي al-ismī |
اِسْمِيَّة ismiyya |
الِاسْمِيَّة al-ismiyya |
nominative | اِسْمِيٌّ ismiyyun |
الِاسْمِيُّ al-ismiyyu |
اِسْمِيَّةٌ ismiyyatun |
الِاسْمِيَّةُ al-ismiyyatu |
accusative | اِسْمِيًّا ismiyyan |
الِاسْمِيَّ al-ismiyya |
اِسْمِيَّةً ismiyyatan |
الِاسْمِيَّةَ al-ismiyyata |
genitive | اِسْمِيٍّ ismiyyin |
الِاسْمِيِّ al-ismiyyi |
اِسْمِيَّةٍ ismiyyatin |
الِاسْمِيَّةِ al-ismiyyati |
dual | masculine | feminine | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
informal | اِسْمِيَّيْن ismiyyayn |
الِاسْمِيَّيْن al-ismiyyayn |
اِسْمِيَّتَيْن ismiyyatayn |
الِاسْمِيَّتَيْن al-ismiyyatayn |
nominative | اِسْمِيَّانِ ismiyyāni |
الِاسْمِيَّانِ al-ismiyyāni |
اِسْمِيَّتَانِ ismiyyatāni |
الِاسْمِيَّتَانِ al-ismiyyatāni |
accusative | اِسْمِيَّيْنِ ismiyyayni |
الِاسْمِيَّيْنِ al-ismiyyayni |
اِسْمِيَّتَيْنِ ismiyyatayni |
الِاسْمِيَّتَيْنِ al-ismiyyatayni |
genitive | اِسْمِيَّيْنِ ismiyyayni |
الِاسْمِيَّيْنِ al-ismiyyayni |
اِسْمِيَّتَيْنِ ismiyyatayni |
الِاسْمِيَّتَيْنِ al-ismiyyatayni |
plural | masculine | feminine | ||
sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural | |||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
informal | اِسْمِيِّين ismiyyīn |
الِاسْمِيِّين al-ismiyyīn |
اِسْمِيَّات ismiyyāt |
الِاسْمِيَّات al-ismiyyāt |
nominative | اِسْمِيُّونَ ismiyyūna |
الِاسْمِيُّونَ al-ismiyyūna |
اِسْمِيَّاتٌ ismiyyātun |
الِاسْمِيَّاتُ al-ismiyyātu |
accusative | اِسْمِيِّينَ ismiyyīna |
الِاسْمِيِّينَ al-ismiyyīna |
اِسْمِيَّاتٍ ismiyyātin |
الِاسْمِيَّاتِ al-ismiyyāti |
genitive | اِسْمِيِّينَ ismiyyīna |
الِاسْمِيِّينَ al-ismiyyīna |
اِسْمِيَّاتٍ ismiyyātin |
الِاسْمِيَّاتِ al-ismiyyāti |
Derived terms
[edit]- جُمْلَة اِسْمِيَّة (jumla ismiyya, “nominal sentence”)
References
[edit]- ^ Wehr, Hans (1979) “اسمي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]اُسْمِي • (usmī) (form I) /us.miː/
- second-person feminine singular imperative of سَمَا (samā)
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