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اسمي

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See also: أسمي, أسمى, and اسمی

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From اِسْم (ism, name) +‎ ـِي (, first-person singular possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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اِسْمِي or اِسْمِيَ (ismī or ismiyam

  1. first-person singular possessive of اِسْم (ism)

Phrase

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اِسْمِي ... or اِسْمِيَ ... (ismī ... or ismiya ...)

  1. my name is ...
    Synonym: أُدْعَى ... (ʔudʕā ...)
    اِسْمِي أَحْمَد.ismī ʔaḥmad.My name is Ahmad.
Usage notes
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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

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Relative adjective (nisba) composed of اِسْم (ism) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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اِسْمِيّ (ismiyy) (feminine اِسْمِيَّة (ismiyya), masculine plural اِسْمِيُّونَ (ismiyyūna), feminine plural اِسْمِيَّات (ismiyyāt))

  1. nominal[1]
Declension
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Declension of adjective اِسْمِيّ (ismiyy)
singular masculine feminine
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
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References

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  1. ^ 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

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Verb

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اُسْمِي (usmī) (form I) /us.miː/

  1. second-person feminine singular imperative of سَمَا (samā)