حيواني

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of حَيَوَان (ḥayawān, “animal”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħa.ja.waː.nijj/

Adjective

حَيَوانِيّ • (ḥayawāniyy) (feminine حَيَوانِيَّة (ḥayawāniyya), masculine plural حَيَوانِيُّونَ (ḥayawāniyyūna), feminine plural حَيَوانِيَّات (ḥayawāniyyāt))

related to animals
zoological

Declension

Declension of adjective **حَيَوانِيّ** (ḥayawāniyy)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	حَيَوانِي ḥayawānī	الْحَيَوانِي al-ḥayawānī	حَيَوانِيَّة ḥayawāniyya	الْحَيَوانِيَّة al-ḥayawāniyya
nominative	حَيَوانِيٌّ ḥayawāniyyun	الْحَيَوانِيُّ al-ḥayawāniyyu	حَيَوانِيَّةٌ ḥayawāniyyatun	الْحَيَوانِيَّةُ al-ḥayawāniyyatu
accusative	حَيَوانِيًّا ḥayawāniyyan	الْحَيَوانِيَّ al-ḥayawāniyya	حَيَوانِيَّةً ḥayawāniyyatan	الْحَيَوانِيَّةَ al-ḥayawāniyyata
genitive	حَيَوانِيٍّ ḥayawāniyyin	الْحَيَوانِيِّ al-ḥayawāniyyi	حَيَوانِيَّةٍ ḥayawāniyyatin	الْحَيَوانِيَّةِ al-ḥayawāniyyati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	حَيَوانِيَّيْن ḥayawāniyyayn	الْحَيَوانِيَّيْن al-ḥayawāniyyayn	حَيَوانِيَّتَيْن ḥayawāniyyatayn	الْحَيَوانِيَّتَيْن al-ḥayawāniyyatayn
nominative	حَيَوانِيَّانِ ḥayawāniyyāni	الْحَيَوانِيَّانِ al-ḥayawāniyyāni	حَيَوانِيَّتَانِ ḥayawāniyyatāni	الْحَيَوانِيَّتَانِ al-ḥayawāniyyatāni
accusative	حَيَوانِيَّيْنِ ḥayawāniyyayni	الْحَيَوانِيَّيْنِ al-ḥayawāniyyayni	حَيَوانِيَّتَيْنِ ḥayawāniyyatayni	الْحَيَوانِيَّتَيْنِ al-ḥayawāniyyatayni
genitive	حَيَوانِيَّيْنِ ḥayawāniyyayni	الْحَيَوانِيَّيْنِ al-ḥayawāniyyayni	حَيَوانِيَّتَيْنِ ḥayawāniyyatayni	الْحَيَوانِيَّتَيْنِ al-ḥayawāniyyatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	حَيَوانِيِّين ḥayawāniyyīn	الْحَيَوانِيِّين al-ḥayawāniyyīn	حَيَوانِيَّات ḥayawāniyyāt	الْحَيَوانِيَّات al-ḥayawāniyyāt
nominative	حَيَوانِيُّونَ ḥayawāniyyūna	الْحَيَوانِيُّونَ al-ḥayawāniyyūna	حَيَوانِيَّاتٌ ḥayawāniyyātun	الْحَيَوانِيَّاتُ al-ḥayawāniyyātu
accusative	حَيَوانِيِّينَ ḥayawāniyyīna	الْحَيَوانِيِّينَ al-ḥayawāniyyīna	حَيَوانِيَّاتٍ ḥayawāniyyātin	الْحَيَوانِيَّاتِ al-ḥayawāniyyāti
genitive	حَيَوانِيِّينَ ḥayawāniyyīna	الْحَيَوانِيِّينَ al-ḥayawāniyyīna	حَيَوانِيَّاتٍ ḥayawāniyyātin	الْحَيَوانِيَّاتِ al-ḥayawāniyyāti

References

Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “حيواني”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “حيواني”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “حيواني”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
Wehr, Hans (1960) “حيواني”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz