دنيء

Arabic

Root
د ن ء (d-n-ʔ)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb دَنَأَ (danaʔa, “to be low, mean, vile”).

Adjective

دَنِيء • (danīʔ) (feminine دَنِيئَة (danīʔa), masculine plural أَدْنِيَاء (ʔadniyāʔ) or أَدْنَاء (ʔadnāʔ) or دُنَآء (dunaʔāʔ) or أَدَانٍ (ʔadānin), elative أَدْنَأ (ʔadnaʔ))

1. low, mean, vile, despicable

   Synonyms: لَئِيم (laʔīm), خَسِيس (ḵasīs)

2. inferior, worthless, of poor quality
3. weak-minded, cowardly

Declension

Declension of adjective دَنِيء (danīʔ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	دَنِيء danīʔ	الدَّنِيء ad-danīʔ	دَنِيئَة danīʔa	الدَّنِيئَة ad-danīʔa
Nominative	دَنِيءٌ danīʔun	الدَّنِيءُ ad-danīʔu	دَنِيئَةٌ danīʔatun	الدَّنِيئَةُ ad-danīʔatu
Accusative	دَنِيئًا danīʔan	الدَّنِيءَ ad-danīʔa	دَنِيئَةً danīʔatan	الدَّنِيئَةَ ad-danīʔata
Genitive	دَنِيءٍ danīʔin	الدَّنِيءِ ad-danīʔi	دَنِيئَةٍ danīʔatin	الدَّنِيئَةِ ad-danīʔati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	دَنِيئَيْن danīʔayn	الدَّنِيئَيْن ad-danīʔayn	دَنِيئَتَيْن danīʔatayn	الدَّنِيئَتَيْن ad-danīʔatayn
Nominative	دَنِيئَانِ danīʔāni	الدَّنِيئَانِ ad-danīʔāni	دَنِيئَتَانِ danīʔatāni	الدَّنِيئَتَانِ ad-danīʔatāni
Accusative	دَنِيئَيْنِ danīʔayni	الدَّنِيئَيْنِ ad-danīʔayni	دَنِيئَتَيْنِ danīʔatayni	الدَّنِيئَتَيْنِ ad-danīʔatayni
Genitive	دَنِيئَيْنِ danīʔayni	الدَّنِيئَيْنِ ad-danīʔayni	دَنِيئَتَيْنِ danīʔatayni	الدَّنِيئَتَيْنِ ad-danīʔatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَدْنِيَاء‎; أَدْنَاء‎; دُنَآء‎; أَدَانِي ʔadniyāʔ‎; ʔadnāʔ‎; dunaʔāʔ‎; ʔadānī	الْأَدْنِيَاء‎; الْأَدْنَاء‎; الدُّنَآء‎; الْأَدَانِي al-ʔadniyāʔ‎; al-ʔadnāʔ‎; ad-dunaʔāʔ‎; al-ʔadānī	دَنِيئَات danīʔāt	الدَّنِيئَات ad-danīʔāt
Nominative	أَدْنِيَاءُ‎; أَدْنَاءٌ‎; دُنَآءُ‎; أَدَانٍ ʔadniyāʔu‎; ʔadnāʔun‎; dunaʔāʔu‎; ʔadānin	الْأَدْنِيَاءُ‎; الْأَدْنَاءُ‎; الدُّنَآءُ‎; الْأَدَانِي al-ʔadniyāʔu‎; al-ʔadnāʔu‎; ad-dunaʔāʔu‎; al-ʔadānī	دَنِيئَاتٌ danīʔātun	الدَّنِيئَاتُ ad-danīʔātu
Accusative	أَدْنِيَاءَ‎; أَدْنَاءً‎; دُنَآءَ‎; أَدَانِيَ ʔadniyāʔa‎; ʔadnāʔan‎; dunaʔāʔa‎; ʔadāniya	الْأَدْنِيَاءَ‎; الْأَدْنَاءَ‎; الدُّنَآءَ‎; الْأَدَانِيَ al-ʔadniyāʔa‎; al-ʔadnāʔa‎; ad-dunaʔāʔa‎; al-ʔadāniya	دَنِيئَاتٍ danīʔātin	الدَّنِيئَاتِ ad-danīʔāti
Genitive	أَدْنِيَاءَ‎; أَدْنَاءٍ‎; دُنَآءَ‎; أَدَانٍ ʔadniyāʔa‎; ʔadnāʔin‎; dunaʔāʔa‎; ʔadānin	الْأَدْنِيَاءِ‎; الْأَدْنَاءِ‎; الدُّنَآءِ‎; الْأَدَانِي al-ʔadniyāʔi‎; al-ʔadnāʔi‎; ad-dunaʔāʔi‎; al-ʔadānī	دَنِيئَاتٍ danīʔātin	الدَّنِيئَاتِ ad-danīʔāti

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “دنيء”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “دنيء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN